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Definition of Temptation

1. Noun. Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce.

2. Noun. The desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid. "He felt the temptation and his will power weakened"

3. Noun. The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire. "His enticements were shameless"

Definition of Temptation

1. n. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.

Definition of Temptation

1. Noun. The act of tempting ¹

2. Noun. The condition of being tempted. ¹

3. Noun. Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement. ¹

4. Noun. Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Temptation

1. [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Temptation

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Literary usage of Temptation

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1. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1876)
"The strength of the temptation for a ground of abatement, no objection tion, ... True it is, that the stronger the temptation, the less conclusive is the ..."

2. The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith (1916)
"/CERTAIN very great mistakes are made concern- V? ing this matter of temptation, in the practical working out of the life of faith. ..."

3. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"temptation. Gordon. S: D. Quiet talks about the tempter. *75c. '10. Réveil. ... temptation of Olive Latimer. Smith, E. Т. 60с. Chatterton. ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"temptation: The most general expression for every motive that incites man, ... A circumstance of temptation without a personal tempter is unknown in the Old ..."

5. The Hopkinsian Magazine by Otis Thompson (1826)
"Ami fiis hand, which he kind of temptation », to 's*e«r what pat forth against him, dried up, so is in the hearts of men. and not ' that he could not pull ..."

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