seduction/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/EtymologyBorrowed from Middle French séduction, from Latin sēductiō, from sēdūcō. Equivalent to seduce + -tion.seduction means the act of seducing. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.nounThe act of seducing.“Douglas: Well done on passing the test, Jen... Yes, all those clumsy attempts at seduction. Don't tell me you couldn't see through them. They were a test to find out whether you really wanted to work for me or whether you just wanted to come up here for my body. Jen: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, not at all. Douglas: All right. Jen: No, physically you're just not the sort of man I go for. Douglas: Yeah,”The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.A seductive aspect of something; appeal.“It is with no small degree of irony that I confess that immersing myself in an interdisciplinary project has warmed me to the seductions of disciplinary perspectives.”