seducementn.
Obsolete or rare.
1. The action of seducing.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [noun]
perversiona1450
overthwarting1552
seducing1561
seducement1586
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > enticement or seduction
temptation1340
seduction1526
seducing1561
inveiglingc1572
seducement1586
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > leading astray
seducing1561
seducement1586
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. E3 Perswasion to mischeif & seducement from the good.
1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 72 Some Merchants may sowe bad seede, euen the seede of seducement of the Princes lieges.
1642 J. March Argument Militia 15 Upon the advice, & seducement of evill Counsellors.
1646 J. Temple Irish Rebell. 54 A multitude..by the wicked seducement of the first Conspirators had been drawn on to dispoile their English neighbours.
1709 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels IV. 268 In all Seducement the Tempter plays our own Artillery upon us.
1751 R. Hurd Notes Horace Ep. Augustus 19 What contributed to this prostitution of the comic muse, was the seducement of that corruptress of all virtue, the love of money.
1785 T. Potter Moralist II. 2 I will..stoutly withstand the..seducement of Epicurean companions.
2. Something which seduces or serves as a means of seduction; an insidious temptation.
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the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > enticement or seduction > that which
seduction1554
seducement1644
1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 4 Ere any flattering seducement, or vain principle seise them wandering.
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 69 To do this amidst all the seducements of Wealth.
1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 220 The sweet seducements of a place so pleasing.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. iii. iv. 534 The seducements of luxury and ease.
3. The fact or condition of being seduced.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > leading astray > [noun] > result of
pervertness1581
seducement1605
pervertedness1828
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [noun] > enticement or seduction > fact or condition of being seduced
seducement1605
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > going astray > condition of being led astray
seduction?1531
seducement1605
debauchment1606
debauchery1713
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. C2 Those particular seducements or indispositions of the minde for policie and gouernement, which learning is pretended to insinuate. View more context for this quotation
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Nn2v It is a thing may touch a man with a religious woonder, to see how the foot steps of seducement, are the very same in Diuine and Humane truth. View more context for this quotation
1642 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1826) (modernized text) II. 62 He made a very full and free acknowledgment of his errour and seducement.
1657 T. Wall Comment on Times 45 They are roaring Bulls: With what strained throats do they stund the giddy multitude into wonder and seducement?
1690 tr. Five Lett. Inspiration 191 The Apostle foretels their Seducement should not long continue.
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