allurement

Other forms: allurements

Definitions of allurement
  1. noun
    the power to entice or attract through personal charm
    synonyms: allure, temptingness
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    types:
    invitation
    a tempting allurement
    type of:
    attraction, attractiveness
    the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
  2. noun
    the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
    synonyms: solicitation
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    type of:
    enticement, temptation
    the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
  3. noun
    attractiveness
    “its allurement was its remoteness”
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    type of:
    enticement, temptation
    something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
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