temptation

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The act of tempting or the condition of being tempted.
• noun Something tempting or enticing.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The act of testing or trying; trial. [Archaic.]
• noun Enticement to evil, as by specious argument, flattery, or the offer of some real or apparent good.
• noun The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
• noun That which tempts, or entices to evil; an enticement; an allurement; any tempting or alluring object.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
• noun The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
• noun That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The act of tempting
• noun The condition of being tempted.
• noun Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
• noun Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
• noun something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
• noun the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid