temptation
Meaning
Noun
- 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.
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Origin
- From Old French temptacion, from Latin temptatio
- Morphologically tempt + -ation
Modern English dictionary
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