Temp*ta"tion (?), n. [OF. temptation, tentation, F. tentation, L. 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.
© Webster 1913.