seduction

seduction
noun Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin seduction-, seductio, from Latin, act of leading aside, from seducere Date: 1526 1. the act of seducing; especially the enticement of a person to sexual intercourse 2. something that seduces ; temptation 3. something that attracts or charms

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  • seduction — Seduction …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • séduction — [ sedyksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIe, rare av. XVIIe; lat. seductio 1 ♦ Vx Action de séduire, de corrompre. Dr. pén. Séduction dolosive, par laquelle on amène une femme (par manœuvre frauduleuse, abus d autorité ou promesse de mariage) à consentir à des… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Seduction — Séduction La Proposition, de William Adolphe Bouguereau. Parfois appelée flirt ou, plus rarement, marivaudage, la séduction est un jeu entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, où chacun s’efforce de susciter de l attirance puis des sentiment …   Wikipédia en Français

  • seduction — I noun allure, allurement, attraction, bait, bewitchment, blandishment, cajolery, captivation, coaxing, corruptela, corruption, defilement, enchantment, enticement, fascination, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, lure, persuasion, seducement,… …   Law dictionary

  • Seduction — Seduction …   Википедия

  • Seduction — • The inducing of a previously virtuous woman to engage in unlawful sexual intercourse Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Seduction     Seduction      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • seduction — Seduction. s. f. Action par laquelle on seduit. Seduction de la jeunesse. la seduction est manifeste. il employa l argent & les promesses, & tout ce qui peut contribuer à la seduction des esprits …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • seduction — (n.) 1520s, from Fr. séduction, from L. seductionem (nom. seductio), noun of action from pp. stem of seducere (see SEDUCE (Cf. seduce)). Originally with reference to actions or beliefs; sexual sense is from 1769, originally always with women as… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Seduction — Se*duc*tion, n. [L. seductio: cf. F. s[ e]duction. See {Seduce}.] 1. The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; enticement to fail in some duty. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: (a) The offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • seduction — [n] enticement allurement, attraction, cajolery, come on*, inducement, lure, persuasion, tantalizing, temptation; concepts 7,19,22,68 …   New thesaurus

  • seduction — [si duk′shən] n. [MFr < LL(Ec) seductio < L, a leading away] 1. the act of seducing or the state of being seduced 2. something that seduces …   English World dictionary

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