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temptation

tem tay shuhn

  • n  something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
  • n  the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
    he felt the temptation and his will power weakened
  • n  the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire

  • In March the Vatican updated the traditional seven deadly sins with seven new social sins, to bring the list into line with the temptations of the modern world.
  • Greene suggests that in some circumstances, real honesty is not about overcoming the temptation to lie but about not having to deal with that temptation in the first place.
  • Joe Klein on Howard Dean and the populist temptation.
News & Articles

  • Pop. 1280 Announce New Album Via Blood-Curdling 'Lights Out' Single
    Scumsucking New York noise-punks Pop. 1280 will return with their second album August 6 via Sacred Bones. Dubbed Imps of Perversion , the 10-song set was produced by Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Swans) and is, according to the label, expected to include "stories of lust, sexual confusion, temptation, and debauchery," as well as the occasional areas in which those concepts overlap, no doubt...
    June 14, 2013 - Spin
  • Flirting with short-sale fraud in Nevada could soon be less risky
    When your house plunges in value and you can’t afford the mortgage, it can be tempting to short sell to friends or relatives and just rent from them. It’s a temptation some Las Vegans act on, even though it can send them to jail.
    June 14, 2013 - Las Vegas Sun
  • Beautiful Cakes as Pure Temptation, a ProfileTree Interview Released Today
    From Chef to Accountant to Cake Designer and Baker, the owner of Putnoe Cakes has built a highly successful cake business that has sent orders all over the world. The owner talks to ProfileTree today about the business of making Beautiful Cakes. https://www.profiletree.com/blogs/Beautiful-Cakes-Pure-Temptation (PRWeb June 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6 ...
    June 13, 2013 - PRWeb

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