SEDUCTION
\sɪdˈʌkʃən], \sɪdˈʌkʃən], \s_ɪ_d_ˈʌ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SEDUCTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, 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.
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That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.
By Oddity Software
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The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, 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.
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That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.
By Noah Webster.
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Act of seducing or enticing from virtue: crime of fraudulently depriving an unmarried woman of her chastity.
By Daniel Lyons
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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