seducement

seducement

English

Etymology

    From seduce + -ment.

    Noun

    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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