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English Dictionary: allurement by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allurement
n
  1. attractiveness; "its allurement was its remoteness"
  2. the power to entice or attract through personal charm
    Synonym(s): allure, allurement, temptingness
  3. the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
    Synonym(s): solicitation, allurement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allurement \Al*lure"ment\, n.
      1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement.
  
                     Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. --Milton.
  
      2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth,
            or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements
            of pleasure, or of honor.
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