temptation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of tempting.
The condition of being tempted.
Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement, seducement, or enticement.
Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.

/ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/ En-us-temptation.ogg

temptation temptations

From Old French temptacion, from Latin temptatio. Morphologically tempt + -ation.

fitna

get thee behind me

temptational temptationful temptationless

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