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seduction
noun
[ sɪˈdʌkʃ(ə)n ]
• the action of seducing someone.
• "if seduction doesn't work, she can play on his sympathy"
Similar:
persuading someone to have sex, debauching,
corruption
,
bedding
, tumbling, dishonouring,
ruin
, ravishment,
defloration
,
Origin:
early 16th century: from French séduction or Latin seductio(n- ), from seducere ‘draw aside’ (see seduce).