| NOUN | cognition | temptation, enticement | something that seduces or has the quality to seduce |
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| feeling | temptation | the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid | |
| act | temptation, enticement | the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire |
| Sounds | tehmtey'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Something that seduces or has the quality to seduce. | |
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| Synonym | enticement | |
| Narrower | allurement | Attractiveness |
| bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener | Anything that serves as an enticement / enticement | |
| forbidden fruit | Originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden | |
| Broader | influence | A cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do |
| Spanish | tentación | |
| Catalan | temptació | |
| Verbs | tempt | give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting |
| Meaning | The desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid. | |
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| Example | "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened" | |
| Broader | desire | The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state |
| Spanish | tentación | |
| Catalan | temptació | |
| Verbs | tempt | dispose or incline or entice to |
| Meaning | The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire. | |
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| Synonym | enticement | |
| Narrower | blandishment, wheedling | The act of urging by means of teasing or flattery |
| leading astray, leading off | The act of enticing others into sinful ways | |
| seduction | enticing someone astray from right behavior | |
| solicitation, allurement | The act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money) | |
| Broader | influence | Causing something without any direct or apparent effort |
| Spanish | tentación | |
| Catalan | temptació | |
| Verbs | tempt | induce into action by using one's charm |
| tempt | provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | |
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