About The Word Allurement
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Allurement
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What's The Definition Of Allurement?
[n] the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
[n] the power to entice or attract through personal charm [n] attractiveness; "its allure was its remoteness" Synonyms | Synonyms for Allurement: allure | solicitation | temptingness Related Terms | Find terms related to Allurement: adduction | adorability | affinity | agreeability | amiability | appeal | attractance | attraction | attractiveness | attractivity | bait | blandishment | cajolement | cajolery | call | capillarity | capillary attraction | centripetal force | charm | coaxing | come-on | conning | decoy | desirability | drag | draw | drawing power | engagement | enlistment | enticement | exhortation | gravitation | gravity | hortation | inducement | inveiglement | jawboning | likability | lobbying | lovability | loveliness | lovesomeness | lure | magnetism | mutual attraction | persuasion | preaching | preachment | pull | pulling power | sales talk | salesmanship | seducement | seduction | selling | snare | snow job | soft soap | solicitation | suasion | sweet talk | sweetness | sympathy | temptation | traction | trap | tug | wheedling | winning ways | winsomeness | working on See Also | attraction | attractiveness | enticement | enticement | invitation | temptation | temptation Allurement In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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