Seduction
Definition
Seduction is the act of attracting or persuading someone into sexual involvement, typically through physical attraction, desire, or deliberate attempts to influence them. In a historical legal sense, the word also referred to a felony involving a man inducing a previously chaste unmarried woman to have sexual intercourse by promising marriage.
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Seduction in a sexual context
Seduction describes an attempt to draw someone into sexual involvement through attraction, desire, persuasion, or calculated influence. The word can refer to the act itself or to a series of efforts intended to create sexual interest.
Historical legal meaning
In a historical legal sense, seduction referred to a felony in which a man induced a previously chaste unmarried woman to engage in sexual intercourse by promising marriage. This specific meaning is distinct from the broader sexual use of the word.