About The Word Enticement
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Enticement
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What's The Definition Of Enticement?
[n] the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless"
[n] qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward [n] something that seduces or has the quality to seduce Synonyms | Synonyms for Enticement: come-on | lure | temptation | temptation Related Terms | Find terms related to Enticement: agacerie | allure | allurement | appeal | attraction | attractiveness | bait | beguilement | beguiling | bewitchery | bewitchment | blandishment | cajolery | captivation | charisma | charm | charmingness | coaxing | come-hither | come-on | decoy | enchantment | enthrallment | entrapment | fascination | flirtation | forbidden fruit | glamour | inducement | interest | inveiglement | invitation | lure | magnetism | persuasion | seducement | seduction | seductiveness | sex appeal | snare | snaring | soft soap | tantalization | temptation | trap | wheedling | winning ways | winsomeness | witchery | wooing See Also | allurement | allurement | attraction | attractiveness | bait | blandishment | come-on | forbidden fruit | hook | influence | influence | leading astray | leading off | lure | seduction | solicitation | sweetener | wheedling Enticement In Webster's Dictionary \En*tice"ment\, n. [OF. enticement.]
1. The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the
enticements of evil companions.
2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of
allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.
Syn: Allurement; attraction; temptation; seduction;
inveiglement; persuasion; inducement.
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