the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
n. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of alluring or attracting.
n. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth or operating as a motive to action; a temptation; an enticement: as, the allurements of pleasure or of honor.
n. Attractiveness; fascination; charm.
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n. the power to entice or attract through personal charm
n. attractiveness
n. the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
Word Usage
"The KKK focused most closely on dance halls and automobiles, both of which, the Imperial Wizard of the Klan warned, subjected weak-willed women to “seductive allurement.”"