tentation
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tentation
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From Old French tentation, from Latin tentatio, alternative form of temptatio. See temptation.
noun tentations
- Obsolete form of temptation Whether there were any policie in the devil to tempt them [Adam and Eve] before conjunction, or whether the issue before tentation might in justice have suffered with those after, we leave it unto the Lawyer.
- A mode of adjusting or operating by repeated trials or experiments.
Talk about this word "tentation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tentation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tentation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tentation "tentation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tentation.Cite this
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title = {tentation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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