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What does temptation mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of tempting
  2. The condition of being tempted.
  3. Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
  4. Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
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Many people in the world, including me, are so weak and fragile that they easily fall into temptation and make mistakes.
By resisting the temptation to be weightily profound, the story succeeds in telling useful truths with a touch of levity.
As economic inequalities have deepened during the last several decades, the renewed worship of money has bred temptation at all levels.
In politics there is always a temptation to kick the can down the road and hope that problems might disappear.
At the end of a wearisome session the temptation was to accept what he had to say simply to escape.
There is always a temptation for the public, when asked what they want, to come up with a wish list, the costs of which are not made clear.

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