Enticement

Definitions: Enticement

Enticement

Noun

1. Something tempting or enticing.

2. Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.

3. The act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless".

Date "enticement" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Etymology: Enticement \En*tice"ment\, noun. [Old French expression enticement.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Enticement

Synonyms: come-on (n), lure (n), temptation (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Motive	Inducement, consideration; attraction; loadstone; magnet, magnetism, magnetic force; allectation, allective; temptation, enticement, agacerie, allurement, witchery; bewitchment, bewitchery; charm; spell; fascination, blandishment, cajolery; seduction, seducement; honeyed words, voice of the tempter, song of the Sirens forbidden fruit, golden apple.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Enticement

English words defined with "enticement": Allectation ♦ bait ♦ come-on ♦ hook ♦ Inveiglement ♦ lure ♦ Suppalpation, sweetener ♦ Ticement. (references)

Specialty definitions using "enticement": demo version. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Enticement (1925)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Family law, report on liability for adultery and enticement of a spouse (reference) The Enticement of Religion (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Worker Rights	Russia	The more remote and impoverished the region the more vulnerable persons are to enticement. (references)
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"Enticement" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Enticement" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	23	72,767

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "enticement"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tërheqje (affinity, allurement, appeal, appetence, appetency, attraction, attractiveness, crush, draw, drawing, enchantment, haul, jerk, lure, magnetization, pull, pullback, recall, recession, recoil, retirement, retraction, retreat, revocation, strain, stretch, tow, traction, tug, withdrawal), ndjellje (chuck, cluck, evocation, forbidding), joshje (attraction, bait, draw, inveiglement, seduction, solicitation, temptation). (various references)

Arabic		‏غوى (bait, be seduced, debauch, entice, seduce, snare, solicit, tempt, undo), ‏إغواء (lure, seduction, temptation, temptress). (various references)

Bulgarian		съблазняване (inveiglement, seduction), чар (allure, allurement, attraction, bewitchment, charm, fascination, glamor, glamour, loveliness, lure, magic, magnetism, spell, wizardry), примамка (allurement, carrot, decoy, draw, inducement, lure, snare), примамване (inveiglement). (various references)

Chinese		诱惑 (Entice, Enticed, Enticing, Provocative, seduce, seduced, Seducing, tempt, temptation, Tempted, tempting). (various references)

Czech		lákání (temptation). (various references)

Dutch		verleiding (seduction, temptation). (various references)

Finnish		viettely (seduction). (various references)

French		séduction. (various references)

German		verlockung (allure, bait, lure, temptation), verführung (seducement, seduction, temptation, tempting). (various references)

Greek		δελεασμόσ (blandishment, seducement, seduction). (various references)

Hebrew		מ�"וח (allure, fascination, reporting, seduction), פתוי (enticing, flat, lure, persuasion, seduction, temptation). (various references)

Hungarian		csábítás (allurement, attraction, bait, coaxing, debauchery, lure, seduction, temptation), elcsábítás (debauchery, seduction). (various references)

Italian		seduzione (allurement, glamor, glamour, seduction), lusinga (adulation, cajole, cajolement, cajolery, flattery, illusion), allettamento (allurement, bedding, bribe, cajolery, inducement, lodging), adescamento (bait, disruptive discharge, lure, priming, solicitation, soliciting). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		誘引 (attraction, inducement), � 絡 (cajoling, ensnaring, inveigling). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ろうらく (cajoling, ensnaring, inveigling), ゆうい�" (attraction, exciting cause, good day for business and lawsuits, incentive, incitement, inducement). (various references)

Manx		cleayn (attraction, bent, inclination, inducement, lure, seduction), breigey (allure, beguile, blandish, cajole, cajolery, coax, decoy, entice, inveigle, inveiglement, lure, persuade, seduce, seduction, wheedle). (various references)

Pig Latin		enticementay

Portuguese		sedução (allurement, cajolery, charm, glamor, glamour, inveiglement, seduction, witchcraft, witchery). (various references)

Romanian		momealã (bait, decoy, hook, lure), farmec (allurement, amenity, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, delight, enchantment, endearment, fascination, glamor, glamour, grace, loveliness, lure, relish, salt, seduction, sex appeal, spell, spicery, witchery), atracţie (amenity, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, call, charm, draw, endearment, fancy, fascination, glamor, glamour, grace, mind, pull, seduction), ademenire (allurement, inveiglement, lure, seducing, seduction). (various references)

Russian		приманка (allurement, bait, decoy, decoy duck, draw, jig, lure). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mamljenje (allurement). (various references)

Spanish		tentamiento, tentación (disposal, inclination, temptation, tendency), seductivo, seducción (seduction, seductiveness). (various references)

Swedish		lockelse (allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, blandishment, fascination, inveiglement, invitation, lure, temptation). (various references)

Turkish		ikna (convincing, dissuasion, inducement, persuasion), cazibe (allure, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, charm, charms, desirability, draw, drawing power, enchantment, fascination, feminene charms, gilt, glamor, glamour, gravitation, it, lure, magnetism, oomph, romance, seduction, witchery), baştan çıkarma (inveiglement, seduction), ayartma (deception, incitation, seduction, temptation). (various references)

Ukranian		спокуса (allure, allurement, bait, honeypot, lure, seducement, seduction, temptation), заманювання (invitation). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự dụ dỗ (inveiglement, seducement, seduction), sự cám dỗ (seducement), m�"i nhử. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	blanditiis, inlecebris, lactatio, lenocinium. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "enticement": enticements. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "enticement" (pronounced entī"smunt)
5	-s m u n t	advancement, announcement, assessment, basement, bemusement, commencement, debasement, disbursement, displacement, embarrassment, emplacement, endorsement, enforcement, enhancement, harassment, impressment, inducement, outplacement, placement, pronouncement, reassessment, reimbursement, reinforcement, replacement.
4	-m u n t	abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, battlement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endowment, engagement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment.
3	-u n t	aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-i-m-n-n-t-t"
	-1 letter: cementite.
	-2 letters: eminence, enceinte, tenement.
	-3 letters: centime, emetine, eminent, entente.
	-4 letters: cement, emetic, emetin, entice, icemen, intent, mitten, tentie, tinmen, titmen.
	-5 letters: emcee, mince, niece, tenet, tinct.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-i-m-n-n-t-t"
	+1 letter: enticements.
	+3 letters: interlacement, intermittence.
	+4 letters: interlacements, intermittences.
	+5 letters: intermittencies.
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