Seduction Definition

sĭ-dŭkshən
seductions
noun
seductions
The act of seducing or the state of being seduced.
Webster's New World
The condition of being seduced.
American Heritage
Something that seduces.
Webster's New World

(dated, law, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.

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Other Word Forms of Seduction

Noun

Singular:
seduction
Plural:
seductions

Origin of Seduction

  • Latin sēductiō sēductiōn- from sēductus past participle of sēdūcere to lead astray sē- apart s(w)e- in Indo-European roots dūcere to lead deuk- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin se- + ducere

    From Wiktionary

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