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Webster 1913 Edition


Seduction

Se-duc-tion

,
Noun.
[L.
seductio
: cf. F.
séduction
.
See
Seduce
.]
1.
The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; enticement to fail in some duty.
3.
That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray;
as, the
seductions
of wealth
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Seduction

SEDU'CTION

,
Noun.
[L. seductio.]
1. The act of seducing or of enticing from the path of duty.
2. Appropriately, the act or crime of persuading a female, by flattery or deception, to surrender her chastity. A woman who is above flattery, is least liable to seduction; but the best safeguard is principle, the love and purity of holiness, the fear of God and reverence forHis commandments.

Definition 2024


séduction

séduction

See also: seduction

French

Noun

séduction f (plural séductions)

  1. seduction

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