temptation
pronunciation
How to pronounce temptation in British English:
UK [tempˈteɪʃn]
How to pronounce temptation in American English:
US [tempˈteɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
- the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
- the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
Word Origin
- temptation (n.)
- c. 1200, "act of enticing someone to sin," also "an experience or state of being tempted," from Old French temptacion (12c., Modern French tentation), from Latin temptationem (nominative temptatio), noun of action from past participle stem of temptare "to feel, try out" (see tempt). Meaning "that which tempts a person (to sin)" is from c. 1500.
Example
- 1. Resist the temptation to get another pet right away .
- 2. Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory .
- 3. The temptation to wait seems obvious .
- 4. That raised the temptation for acquisitions .
- 5. The verse is talking about temptation .