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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. something that seduces or has the quality to seduce;
[syn: temptation, enticement]

2. the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid;
- Example: "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened"

3. the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire;
- Example: "his enticements were shameless"
[syn: enticement, temptation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Temptation \Temp*ta"tion\, n. [OF. temptation, tentation, F.
   tentation, L. tentatio.]
   1. The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
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            When the devil had ended all the temptation, he
            departed from him for a season.       --Luke iv. 13.
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   2. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
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            Lead us not into temptation.          --Luke xi. 4.
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   3. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement,
      especially to something evil.
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            Dare to be great, without a guilty crown;
            View it, and lay the bright temptation down.
                                                  --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

temptation
    n 1: something that seduces or has the quality to seduce [syn:
         temptation, enticement]
    2: the desire to have or do something that you know you should
       avoid; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened"
    3: the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his
       enticements were shameless" [syn: enticement, temptation]