temptation

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The definition of a temptation is an urge or desire to do something, especially something you should not, or it refers to a wrong or forbidden pleasure that is enticing.

(noun)

  1. When you feel a strong urge to eat cake when on a diet, this is an example of temptation.
  2. The cake that makes you want to eat it is an example of a temptation.

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See temptation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a tempting or being tempted
  2. something that tempts; enticement

Origin: OFr < LL(Ec) temptatio < L, an attack, trial

See temptation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act of tempting or the condition of being tempted.
  2. Something tempting or enticing.

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