Definition of Temptation

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Definition of Temptation
	Temptation The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction. The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil. That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil. Related Definitions: Act, Allurement, An, Being, Enticed, Enticing, Especially, Evil, Inducement, Of, Or, Seduction, Something, State, Tempted, Tempting, That, The, To, Which

Temptation Quotations

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Mark Twain

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
William Shakespeare

Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.
William Shakespeare

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.
Erma Bombeck

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
Mae West

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
Oscar Wilde

I can resist everything except temptation.
Oscar Wilde

Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
Oscar Wilde

Temptation Translations

temptation in Afrikaans is versoeking
temptation in Dutch is aanvechting, temptatie, verleiding
temptation in French is tentation
temptation in German is Versuchung
temptation in Latin is temptatio, tentatio-onis
temptation in Spanish is tentacion
temptation in Swedish is frestelse

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