2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seduction \Se*duc*tion\, n. [L. seductio: cf F. s['e]duction.
See {Seduce}.]
1. The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing
specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent
to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which
overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a
woman to surrender her chastity.
2. That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of
leading astray; as the seductions of wealth.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
seduction
n 1: enticing someone astray from right behavior
2: an act of winning the love of someone [syn: {conquest}]
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