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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181 If the atmosphere were not so charming, it would be less of a temptation.
182 Rick gave in to the temptation to steal the watch.
183 The temptation to their crews to barter their duty free stores for sterling constituted a high revenue risk at times.
184 Constant vigilance to match appropriate services to needs, assessed along tight guidelines, is one way to avoid temptation.
185 Oh ma'am if only I had shown myself strong in the face of temptation!
186 Now she hesitated, toying with an almost overwhelming temptation to spit it back in his face.
187 Mr Major resisted the temptation to leave some excise duties unchanged in order to hold down the inflation rate.
188 It is a temptation for all mothers whose lives are emotionally unfulfilled.
189 There is no recognition of inner anxieties, nor of the dangers of temptation to our very existence.
190 Bread will stop you feeling hungry, and lessen the temptation to binge on high-fat, high-calorie foods.
191 I succumbed to temptation and ordered the lemon meringue pie.
192 In fact, one temptation in writing a management book is to quote Drucker on every other page.
193 Gulping, and resisting the temptation to dive straight into the Rue du Barri, he forced himself to run.
194 This healthy, realistic fear helps the organization resist the temptation to take the easy way out of a problematic situation.
195 He succumbs to the temptation of attending church services at Lowick, where Casaubon cuts him irretrievably.
196 The temptation to hang on to the past can then be strong.
197 The temptation is to leave these areas for later lifting, in the hope that plants bulk up better.
198 Had he believed her, he might have succumbed to temptation.
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199 When Sam succumbs to the temptation of putting on the Ring he feels Sauron looking for him.
200 The temptation simply to continue with presidential rule would be enormous and another authoritarian regime would be born.
201 The partners should resist the temptation to give their reasons for deciding to exercise the power.
202 But the temptation to intervene grew nevertheless, particularly as I saw things turning against the innocent maidservant.
203 Is this the moment of truth, he wrote, or the greatest temptation?
204 Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it. Sam Levenson 
205 Please be strong tonight - don't give in to temptation.
206 Attack temptation with activity and look forward to your second weigh-in and measuring day.
207 Resist the temptation to buy on impulse, just because an outfit catches the eye.
208 The atmosphere is always electric, so it is an easy temptation to begin uninhibitedly, even for the very experienced.
209 The Democrats succumbed to this temptation for decades, severing their congressional campaigns from their national presidential campaign.
210 There's a great temptation to blame others for your situation.
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.