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Another word for temptation

temptation Synonyms

temptation

n.

lure, attraction, fascination, appeal, inducement, bait, fancy, hankering, provocation, yen.

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Another word for temptation

noun

Something that attracts, especially with the promise of pleasure or reward:

allurement, bait, come-on, enticement, inducement, inveiglement, invitation, lure, seduction. See like

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I've been able to push temptation away.
As they now knew that they could find protection without looking to a superior, they had less temptation to give up their independence, and many of them settled in the towns where they could be safe and free.
She turned away from the temptation and went to her room.
His greatest temptation was the study of the literature of pagan Rome.
She placed them in a chair, resisting all temptation to look at them until every child had received his gifts.

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