Noun
The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, 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.
That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction. Pablo Picasso
A monk should surely love his books with humility, wishing their good and not the glory of his own curiosity; but what the temptation of adultery is for laymen and the yearning for riches is for secular ecclesiastics, the seduction of knowledge is for monks. Umberto Eco
Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle. Camille Paglia
For Emily Dickinson every philosophical idea was a potential lover. Metaphysics is the realm of eternal seduction of the spirit by ideas. Charles Simic
My primary goal of hacking was the intellectual curiosity, the seduction of adventure. Kevin Mitnick
...the males best at seduction tend to be the best at other things as well. Matt Ridley