Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Temptation

Temptation , noun

[Old French temptation, tentation, French tentation, Latin tentatio.]

1.
The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
When the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. — Luke iv. 13
2.
The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
Lead us not into temptation. — Luke xi. 4
3.
That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.
Dare to be great, without a guilty crown; View it, and lay the bright temptation down. — Dryden