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The answer TEMPTATION has 10 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of temptation in various dictionaries:
noun - something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
noun - the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
noun - the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
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| For strength to "resist" this, try James 1:12, "Blessed is the man that endureth" it |
| Oscar Wilde once quipped, "I can resist everything except" this |
| A request in the Lord's Prayer is for God to "lead us not into" this |
| Oscar Wilde wrote in "Lady Windermere's Fan", "I can resist anything except" this |
| From Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan": "I can resist everything except" this |
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Temptation is a desire to engage in short-term urges for enjoyment, that threatens long-term goals. * In the context of some religions, temptation is the inclination to sin. Temptation also describes the coaxing or inducing a person into committing such an act, by manipulation or otherwise of curiosity, desire or fear of loss. * In the context of self-control and ego depletion, temptation is described as an immediate, pleasurable urge and/or impulse that disrupts an individuals ability to wait for the long-term goals, in which that individual hopes to attain.More informally, temptation may be used to mean "the state of being attracted and enticed" without anything to do with moral, ethical, or ideological valuation; for example, one may say that a piece of food looks "tempting" even though eating it would result in no negative consequences. * Research suggests that there are paradoxical effects associated with temptation. Implicit in all the forms in which temptation can present itself ther |