Seduction

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of seducing.
  • n. The condition of being seduced.
  • n. Something that seduces or has the qualities to seduce; an enticement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of seducing.
  • n. , (law) In English common law, a felonious crime committed when a male induced an unmarried female of previously chaste character to engage in an act of sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; enticement to fail in some duty.
  • n.
  • n. The offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.
  • n. Any successful enticement to engage in some sexual activity, especially intercourse.
  • n. That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of seducing; enticement, especially to evil; seductive influences: as, the seductions of wealth.
  • n. The act of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.
  • n. Specifically, in law: The tort committed against a woman, or against her parent or master, by enticing her to surrender her chastity, In some jurisdictions (by statute), the criminal offense of so doing, especially under promise of marriage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. enticing someone astray from right behavior
  • n. an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
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