[per.sua.sion] n [ME persuasioun, fr. MF or L; MF persuasion, fr. L persuasion-, persuasio, fr. persuadere] (14c) 1 a: the act or process or an instance of persuading b: a persuading argument c: the ability to persuade: persuasiveness
2: the condition of being persuaded 3 a: an opinion held with complete assurance b: a system of religious beliefs; also: a group adhering to a particular system of beliefs
4: kind, sort syn see opinion