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[ temp-tey-shuhn ] / tɛmpˈteɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR temptation ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of tempting; enticement or allurement. something that tempts, entices, or allures. the fact or state of being tempted, especially to evil. an instance of this. (initial capital letter) the temptation of Christ by Satan. Matthew 4. Origin of temptationFirst recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English temptacion, from Latin temptātiōn- (stem of temptātiō ) “a testing”; see tempt, -ation SYNONYMS FOR temptation1 lure, attraction, pull, seduction, inducement. SEE SYNONYMS FOR temptation ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM temptationtemp·ta·tion·al, adjectivenon·temp·ta·tion, nounpre·temp·ta·tion, nounsu·per·temp·ta·tion, nounWords nearby temptationtempostabile, temps, temps levé, temps lié, tempt, temptation, tempter, tempt fate, tempting, temptress, tempura Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for temptationSo, if you can overcome the temptation to think of the wave-function as a real object, there is nothing funny going on here. Your Guide to the Many Meanings of Quantum Mechanics - Facts So Romantic|Sabine Hossenfelder|September 3, 2020|Nautilus I think dating apps make it incredibly difficult to have real, stable, substantive relationships, because there’s so much temptation. Full Transcript: Tomi Lahren on ‘The Carlos Watson Show’|Daniel Malloy|August 31, 2020|Ozy It’s difficult to know what the long run holds, because when you let people loose, there’s a lot of temptation to go too far. Stockholm Syndrome|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review You wait for the lights to change, resisting the temptation to look over your shoulder. The first murder|Katie McLean|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
It can be hard to resist the temptation to send messages or check my email. Learning will change with COVID-19’s social distancing|Rachel Kehoe|April 9, 2020|Science News For Students For one thing, they seldom had it, and for another thing they all believed that having it would set up a temptation to spend it. The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST But that temptation should be avoided, in the interest of basic honesty. Conor Oberst and the Myth of the Woman Who Cried Rape|Amanda Marcotte|July 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pelosi is one of many politicians who have given in to the temptation of being pictured alongside a cartoon character or Muppet. Muppets, Superheroes And The Politicians Who Love Them|Ben Jacobs|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Although my temptation is to balk like a sitcom father—“Whaddya mean these guys are famous for Tweeting?!” My Weird Inside Look at Teen Twitter|Sam Wilkinson|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST If the joke is well constructed, there is temptation to use it. Comedy Bang! Bang!’s Flying Circus|Rich Goldstein|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST And considering the pressure of the necessary preparation for schools, the temptation to shun the byways is very great. An American at Oxford|John Corbin But Ransom was no fool and, stepping back out of the way of temptation, he allowed him to escape without further parley. The Chief Legatee|Anna Katharine Green Whatever doubt exists in verse 12 about trial or temptation vanishes in verse 13. Studies in the Epistle of James|A. T. Robertson I think we should resist the temptation to seek such refuge. Biology|Edmund Beecher Wilson Something more powerful than the impulse of the temptation restrained him: his plighted word to Isabel and his love for her. The Tremendous Event|Maurice Leblanc
British Dictionary definitions for temptation
nounthe act of tempting or the state of being tempted a person or thing that tempts Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to temptationdecoy, bait, provocation, yen, fancy, come-on, seduction, attractiveness, appeal, inducement, draw, hankering, fascination, blandishment, snare, pull, allurement, trap, enticement, invitation |