Definition of temptation:

part of speech: noun

Act of tempting; state of being tempted; that which tempts.

Common misspellings * :

• tentacion (1.2%)
• tempation (46.0%)
• tempetation (1.2%)
• tempatation (1.2%)
• weakeness (0.6%)
• temptaion (12.4%)
• temptaions (0.6%)
• temptaition (1.2%)
• temptasion (0.6%)
• temtation (32.3%)
• tamptation (1.2%)
• temptaytion (1.2%)

Usage examples :

• " I have not forgotten the permission already granted me, and it is a temptation not easily cast aside. "My Lady of the North", - Randall Parrish

• But when Betsy, wandering about, caught sight of Napoleon in the billiard- room, she could not resist the temptation of playing a game with him. "Napoleon's Young Neighbor", - Helen Leah Reed

• He is going away now, and will not come back for a hundred years; the time will fly in this place like a hundred hours, but that is a long time for temptation and sin. "Stories from Hans Andersen", - Hans Christian Andersen

• I cannot resist the temptation "The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories The Beckoning Hand--Lucretia--The Third Time--The Gold Wulfric--My Uncle's Will--The Two Carnegies--Olga Davidoff's Husband--John Cann's Treasure--Isaline and I--Professor Milliter's Dilemma--In Strict Confidence--The ", - Grant Allen