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Antonyms for seduction

Grammar : Noun
Spell : si-duhk-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈdʌk ʃən


Definition of seduction

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Middle French séduction, from Latin seductionem (nominative seductio), noun of action from past participle stem of seducere (see seduce). Originally with reference to actions or beliefs; sexual sense is from 1769, originally always with women as the objects. Earlier appearance of the word in Middle English with a sense "treason, treachery" probably is a confusion with sedition, which confusion also is found in Old French seducion "treason, betrayal."
  • noun enticement
Example sentences :
  • His passion is so intense that he has no desire to paint her seduction as greater than it was.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Could begin the work of seduction—in honorable fashion, so to speak.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • Their experience of sexual life makes them experts in the art of seduction.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • When we give in or conform to this seduction we generate Sin.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley
  • If he couldn't get them by seduction, he meant to take them in a raid.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • As to the reproach of seduction, I entreat you to spare me such an accusation.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • This is how he completed his work of seduction by telling me the history of his life.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Dress up in that lacy black thing—you are seduction itself in it.'
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • Then there are baseballs of graded excellence and seduction.
  • Extract from : « Journeys to Bagdad » by Charles S. Brooks
  • Penn was employed in the work of seduction, but to no purpose.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

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