'Seduction' definitions:
Definition of 'seduction'
From: WordNet
noun
Enticing someone astray from right behavior
noun
An act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone [syn: seduction, conquest]
Definition of 'Seduction'
From: GCIDE
- Seduction \Se*duc*tion\, n. [L. seductio: cf. F. s['e]duction. See Seduce.]
- 1. The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; enticement to fail in some duty. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically: (a) 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. [Archaic] (b) Any successful enticement to engage in some sexual activity, especially intercourse. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 3. That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'seduction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- agacerie,
- allure,
- allurement,
- appeal,
- attraction,
- attractiveness,
- beguilement,
- beguiling,
- betrayal,
- bewitchery,
- bewitchment,
- blandishment,
- cajolery,
- call,
- captivation,
- charisma,
- charm,
- charmingness,
- come-hither,
- corruption,
- criminal assault,
- debauchment,
- defilement,
- defloration,
- deflowering,
- degradation,
- despoilment,
- draw,
- drawing power,
- enchantment,
- enthrallment,
- enticement,
- entrapment,
- fascination,
- flirtation,
- forbidden fruit,
- glamour,
- inducement,
- interest,
- inveiglement,
- invitation,
- lorelei,
- lure,
- magnetism,
- perversion,
- priapism,
- pull,
- rape,
- ravage,
- ravishment,
- ruin,
- seducement,
- seductiveness,
- sex appeal,
- sexual assault,
- siren song,
- snaring,
- tantalization,
- temptation,
- violation,
- winning ways,
- winsomeness,
- witchery,
- wooing