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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. attractiveness;
- Example: "its allurement was its remoteness"

2. the power to entice or attract through personal charm;
[syn: allure, allurement, temptingness]

3. the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money);
[syn: solicitation, allurement]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Allurement \Al*lure"ment\, n. 1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. [1913 Webster] Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

allurement n 1: attractiveness; "its allurement was its remoteness" 2: the power to entice or attract through personal charm [syn: allure, allurement, temptingness] 3: the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) [syn: solicitation, allurement]