ALLUREMENT

solicitation, allurement

(noun) the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)

allure, allurement, temptingness

(noun) the power to entice or attract through personal charm

allurement

(noun) attractiveness; “its allurement was its remoteness”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

allurement (plural allurements)

Attractiveness; appeal, charisma. [from 16th c.]

An enticement, inducement or bait. [from 16th c.]

Source: Wiktionary


Al*lure"ment, n.

1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton.

2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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