seduction

The act of seducing.

The condition of being seduced.

Something that seduces or has the qualities to seduce; an enticement.

The act of seducing; enticement, especially to evil; seductive influences: as, the seductions of wealth.

The act of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.

Specifically, in law: The tort committed against a woman, or against her parent or master, by enticing her to surrender her chastity, In some jurisdictions (by statute), the criminal offense of so doing, especially under promise of marriage.

The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; enticement to fail in some duty.

The offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.