Thesaurus: allurement
The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
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Definitions
- n. The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
- n. 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.
- n. attractiveness
- n. the power to entice or attract through personal charm
- n. the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
- 1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton. 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.