temptation
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3.8
- noun
- /tɛmˈteɪʃən/
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tentación
- He faced the temptation to cheat on the test but chose to be honest instead.
- resist the temptation
- succumb to the temptation
- avoid the temptation
And why do we have the temptation towards central planning?
- And why do we have the temptation towards central planning?
- So all of this is a temptation to be very firmly resisted.
- And there's some temptation to just go through papers.
- You know, there's a temptation to say, well, shouldn't this thing have rights?
- Resist the temptation to do this because it can hold you back.
- You must remove temptations if you are going to have self-discipline.
- I have, but it's hard to resist the temptation.
- Like that is a real possibility and a real temptation.
- And that's nothing about people because we're all prone to temptation.
- So we want ethics to help us out when we're faced with temptations.
- So the, the the whole problem is that there is a huge temptation there.
- I because it was a temptation to go back to business.
- So the temp, the like temptation to overshoot is massive.
Examples
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And I get that people wrestle with temptation all the time.
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You know that after all these years, you are still a temptation to me.
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I always look at the temptation to lie as a test.
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And why do we have the temptation towards central planning?
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But it's always a temptation on the path.
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So the temptation is to say, how do I make my partner different?
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Resist the temptation to do this because it can hold you back.
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No matter what his excuse, no matter how terrible the temptation, he should never have kissed her!
Fiction book (1991) -
So all of this is a temptation to be very firmly resisted.
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Thus, society must resist the temptation to engage in obfuscation and denial.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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1.6
A strong wish to have or experience something
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3.2
A strong desire to do something
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3.6
A sudden strong want to do something without thinking
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3.7
A very strong desire for things like food or cigarettes
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6.2
Something that attracts someone by offering a reward or pleasure
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7.9
A sudden strong desire to do something you cannot control
A strong wish to have or try something
Antonyms
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3.3
Being able to stop yourself from acting on strong feelings or wants when it is hard
How Tempting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Temptation comes from the Latin verb temptare, which means 'to try' or 'to test', and is the same root as attempt. So a temptation is like a test of your self-control, something that makes you want to do something and shows if you can say no.