seduction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of seducing.
The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
A seductive aspect of something; appeal.

/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seduction.wav

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Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + -tion.

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