[syn: solicitation, allurement]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Allurement \Al*lure"ment\, n.
1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
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Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. --Milton.
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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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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]