Temptation Meaning
/ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of tempting.
nounThe condition of being tempted.
Sentence Examples
Don't yield to any temptation.
Finally she gave in to temptation and ate the whole cake.
CEFR Practice Quiz
A person on a diet often faces the ____ of eating sweets despite trying to stay healthy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He resisted the ____ to check his phone during the important exam, as he knew it was against the school's safety rules today.
Word Origin & History
From Old French temptacion, from Latin temptatio. Morphologically tempt + -ation.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]"
— 1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A person on a diet often faces the ____ of eating sweets despite trying to stay healthy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He resisted the ____ to check his phone during the important exam, as he knew it was against the school's safety rules today.