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seduction (medicine) and tarriance (iou)


seduction (medicine)


seduction


1. The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity.

2. That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth.

Origin: L. Seductio: cf. F. Seduction. See Seduce.

Source: Websters Dictionary


tarriance (iou)



tarriance noun. arch. LME.
[from TARRY verb + -ANCE.]
The action of tarrying; delay, procrastination. LME.
T. Hardy Worn with tarriance I care for life no more.
Temporary residence or sojourn in a place. Formerly also, waiting in expectation or for someone or something. M16.
T. Hodgkin During this tarriance at Rome..Theodoric commenced..draining the Pontine Marshes.