Usually means: Desire to do something unwise.
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  1. temptation: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. temptation, the Temptation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. temptation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. temptation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. temptation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Temptation, temptation: Wordnik
  7. temptation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. temptation: Wiktionary
  9. temptation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. temptation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. temptation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Temptation, temptation: Dictionary.com
  13. temptation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. temptation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Temptation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. temptation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. temptation: Rhymezone
  19. Temptation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. temptation: Free Dictionary
  21. temptation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. temptation, the Temptation: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. temptation: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. temptation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Temptation (meaning), temptation, the Temptation: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Temptation (meaning), Temptation, the Temptation: Encyclopedia

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  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Temptation: Easton Bible
  2. Temptation: Catholic Encyclopedia

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  1. The Temptation: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See temptations as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act of tempting.
noun:  The condition of being tempted.
noun:  Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
noun:  Pressure applied to one's thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.

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