Synonym: enticement. Similar words: adaptation, contemplation, exemption, redemption, proportional representation, tempt, attempt, contempt. Meaning: [temp'teɪʃn] 
n. 1. something that seduces or has the quality to seduce 2. the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid 3. the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire.
n. 1. something that seduces or has the quality to seduce 2. the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid 3. the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire. 
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151 Yet the temptation to build upwards for the station itself was resisted.
152 The temptation was great to muster what force we could and put up a fight.
153 The temptation to follow a fantail flitting in front of one's face is often hard to resist.
154 Letterman resists the temptation to sneer at what some might consider pretentiousness.
155 I assemble my Trangia and cook food, avoiding the almost overwhelming temptation to use the gas cylinder.
156 Despite what standard economic theory tells us about the impact of this proposition, the temptation to support it is great.
157 Look at the temptation: a pill that will give you euphoria and energy all night long for less than a tenner.
158 People would succumb to temptation and revert to familiar if inefficient form.
159 Perhaps more importantly, Ignatius was rare among the Catholic thinkers of his time in refusing to equate desire with temptation.
160 The temptation to crawl over to him was strong, but she resisted.
161 In movies like this, there is a great temptation to lean heavily on the melodrama.
162 The temptation is to concentrate on trying to find some way of proving Fred's guilt or innocence.
163 There is a great temptation to overfeed in the last month to ensure calf growth and nutrition.
164 Temptation still beckons - even when it's just you and the fridge door!
165 He was welcome to the food in the pantry, she thought grimly, resisting the temptation to hope it choked him.
166 Tom Margittai successfully resisted the temptation to take a major detour from his original dream.
167 She thought of taking a day off work, but resisted the temptation.
168 I resisted the temptation to analyse the results until all information had been gathered in case I sub-consciously distorted the data-gathering process.
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169 Yet the temptation to use the Games for political purposes remains irresistible.
170 And the temptation to try out all she'd learned was suddenly overwhelming.
171 Just as his clothes were beginning to fit comfortably again, he saw temptation crowding in on every side.
172 Avoid the temptation of using too much of the material you have gathered.
173 She licked her very dry lips and refused to succumb to the temptation of another drink.
174 The student must be careful to avoid the temptation of using the harp glissando to excess.
175 If you succumb to the temptation to tell contrived jokes, ration yourself to two per day.
176 She never wore clothes like this, so why had she succumbed to temptation?
177 Yet most of the time they resist the temptation to exact retribution, despite the abundant opportunities the game affords.
178 This removes any temptation to sell articles at different prices in different Member States.
179 When you have a bad spell, the natural temptation is probably to become tied up in excuses.
180 Secondly, there is a temptation to attach a diagnostic label to each condition so that it fits neatly on the problem list.
More similar words: adaptation, contemplation, exemption, redemption, proportional representation, tempt, attempt, contempt, tempting, station, mutation, agitation, dictation, vegetation, stationery, imitation, gestation, incantation, denotation, annotation, quotation, contemptible, contemptuous, caveat emptor, self-contempt, connotation, deputation, reputation, salutation, sanitation.