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Definition of Seduction
1. Noun. Enticing someone astray from right behavior.
2. Noun. An act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone.
Generic synonyms: Success
Specialized synonyms: Score, Sexual Conquest
Derivative terms: Seduce
Definition of Seduction
1. n. The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.
Definition of Seduction
1. Noun. The act of seducing. ¹
2. Noun. (dated), (legal) In English common law, a felonious crime committed when a male induced an unmarried female of previously chaste character to engage in an act of sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seduction
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Seduction
1. 1. The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity. 2. That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth. Origin: L. Seductio: cf. F. Seduction. See Seduce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seduction
Literary usage of Seduction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1883)
"seduction. § 571. Plaintiffs case. In an action for seduction,1 (a) the plaintiff
must be prepared to prove, (1) that the person seduced was his servant ..."
2. A Treatise of the Law of Torts by Charles Greenstreet Addison, Horace Gay Wood (1876)
"Of the seduction and loss of service of servants. 1273. Of injuries to parents in
... Of injuries to parents from the seduction of their daughters. 1275. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Criminal Evidence: Including the Rules Regulating by Harry Clay Underhill (1898)
"seduction defined.—seduction may be defined as the persuading or inducing a woman
of previous chaste character to depart from the path of virtue by any ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1900)
"Instruction as to Immateriality of Time of seduction. — An instruction that the
... On a trial for seduction, the fact that the prosecutrix gave birth to ..."
5. The Law of Torts Or Private Wrongs by Francis Hilliard (1861)
"seduction; founded on the presumption of service. 4. Children of age. 3. In case
of children under age. 7. Form of action. 8. Defence. 10. Damages. 12. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Damages: Embracing an Elementary Exposition of the by Jabez Gridley Sutherland, John R. Berryman (1893)
"Consequences of seduction. There cannot be added to the damages awarded for mental
suffering, injury to reputation and loss of virtue, ..."
7. A Treatise on the Criminal Law of the United States by Francis Wharton (1874)
"THE statutes relating to seduction are so numerous and divergent that any attempt
at drawing from them a consistent and uniform definition of the offence ..."
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