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temptation
  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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  6. Examples:
    1. “One great temptation that has snared many is a love of money.”
      “The thrill and the temptation of crime is very strong among them.”
      “The placid villagers almost ignored the danger of a possible enemy attack and there was a great temptation to relax.”
tempter
  1. Someone or something that tempts.
  2. A seducer, especially a man who seduces.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Herewith a brief taste of this fine book on the art of corrupting humans as described in the letters of a senior tempter to his nephew Wormwood.”
      “The reply of our Lord to the tempter seems purposely framed so as to include both latria and dulia.”
      “The devil is a prominent character in the film, and takes the role of tempter and power broker.”
temptability
  1. The quality of being temptable; susceptibility to temptation.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The story of Adam and Eve tells of the imperfections and temptability of man.”
      “The idea that temptability implies susceptibility is unsound.”
      Temptability and the ability to sin are part of being human.”
temptingness
tempting
  1. The act of subjecting somebody to temptation.
temptations
  1. plural of temptation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The idea that we congregate in our boudoirs and plan to become walking temptations always has me in fits.”
      “This is true because with poverty levels now at more than 80 per cent temptations for citizens to earn a quick buck become much harder to resist.”
      “In other words, once we are in heaven with all the saints, all temptations and all desires for sin will be done away with.”
temptings
  1. plural of tempting
tempters
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