seduction

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of seducing.
2. (countable, dated, uncountable) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
3. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) A seductive aspect of something; appeal.

Synonyms

temptation

enticement

lure

allurement

attraction

inducement

subornation

conquest

seducement

bait

fascination

glamor

glamour

incentive

misguidance

misleading

prompting

seduce

sex appeal

suggestion

violation

wheedling

persuasion

abduction

leading astray

arrest

bewitchment

blandishment

cajolery

coaxing

corrupting

custody

deviousness

enchantment

Translations

séduction

seduzione

seducción

sedução

Verführung

seducció

ayartma

αποπλάνηση

iğfal

verleiding

adescamento

ξελόγιασμα

corruptio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + -tion.