sə̇ˈdəkshən, sēˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin seduction-, seductio, from Latin, act of leading aside, from seductus (past participle of seducere to lead aside) + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act of seducing especially to wrong acts or beliefs
the effect of social seduction by public spectacles on an immature mind — Fredric Wertham
specifically : the enticement of a female by some statutes required to be then chaste to unlawful sexual intercourse by promise of marriage or other means of persuasion without use of force
2. : that which seduces or is adapted to seduce : a means of corrupting
3. : something that entices or influences by attraction or charm
the irresistible seduction of eloquence and literary pursuits — Norman Douglas
the home carpenter usually succumbs to the seductions of the tool catalogs and buys an assortment of power tools — M.I.Zisowitz