Temptation

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have⟳ them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry⟳ was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]”

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