TEMPTATION

enticement, temptation

(noun) the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; “his enticements were shameless”

temptation, enticement

(noun) something that seduces or has the quality to seduce

temptation

(noun) the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid; “he felt the temptation and his will power weakened”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

temptation (countable and uncountable, plural temptations)

The act of tempting

The condition of being tempted.

Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Temp*ta"tion, n. Etym: [OF. temptation, tentation, F. tentation, L. tentatio.]

1. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction. When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. Luke iv. 13.

2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil. Lead us not into temptation. Luke xi. 4.

3. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil. Dare to be great, without a guilty crown; View it, and lay the bright temptation down. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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