seducement

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From seduce +‎ -ment.

Noun[edit]

seducement (countable and uncountable, plural seducements)

  1. (obsolete) Seduction.
  2. (obsolete) Something that seduces one away; a temptation.
    • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 337:
      ‘Begin again where you left off, and endeavour to avoid the seducements that prevailed over you before.’

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