enticement

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
enticement
    n 1: something that seduces or has the quality to seduce [syn:
         {temptation}, {enticement}]
    2: qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of
       reward [syn: {lure}, {enticement}, {come-on}]
    3: the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his
       enticements were shameless" [syn: {enticement}, {temptation}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Enticement \En*tice"ment\, n. [OF. enticement.]
   1. The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the
      enticements of evil companions.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of
      allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.

   Syn: Allurement; attraction; temptation; seduction;
        inveiglement; persuasion; inducement.
        [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "enticement":
      agacerie, allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness,
      bait, beguilement, beguiling, bewitchery, bewitchment,
      blandishment, cajolery, captivation, charisma, charm, charmingness,
      coaxing, come-hither, come-on, decoy, enchantment, enthrallment,
      entrapment, fascination, flirtation, forbidden fruit, glamour,
      inducement, interest, inveiglement, invitation, lure, magnetism,
      persuasion, seducement, seduction, seductiveness, sex appeal,
      snare, snaring, soft soap, tantalization, temptation, trap,
      wheedling, winning ways, winsomeness, witchery, wooing

    

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