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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Allurement \Al*lure"ment\, n.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
allurement
n 1: attractiveness; "its allure was its remoteness"
2: the power to entice or attract through personal charm [syn:
{allure}, {temptingness}]
3: the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an
offer of sex in return for money) [syn: {solicitation}]
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