Antonyms for temptations

Grammar : Noun

Spell : temp-tey-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : tɛmpˈteɪ ʃən

Definition of temptations

Origin : early 13c., from Old French temptation (12c., Modern French tentation), from Latin temptationem (nominative temptatio), from past participle stem of temptare (see tempt).

noun lure, attraction

Example sentences :

I know that in Paris, for instance, I myself have no temptations.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Our habits or our temptations are not our masters, but we of them.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

The temptations have increased, while human frailty remains the same.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

Temptations must come into the world, but woe to him by whom temptation comes.
Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy

I shall not enter into a minute detail of temptations which assailed my fortitude.
Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

In the midst of God's work how subtle were the temptations of the devil!
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

Think of it—their dependence on man, their temptations, their rewards, their punishments!
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

"Beware of the temptations of the flesh, my children," said the priest.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

Riches—that is, more than a comfortable competency—had no temptations for her.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

If my life has been vile my temptations have been sore, and the rest is in God's hands.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

Synonyms for temptations

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