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adduction collapse: (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body

centripetal force collapse: the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

traction collapse: (orthopedics) the act of pulling on a bone or limb (as in a fracture) to relieve pressure or align parts in a special way during healing; "his leg was in traction for several days"

enticement collapse: the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire; "his enticements were shameless"

gravitation collapse: a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"; movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"

beauty collapse: the qualities that give pleasure to the senses; an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"

seduction collapse: enticing someone astray from right behavior; an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

temptation collapse: something that seduces or has the quality to seduce; the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened"

invitation collapse: a tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble"; a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away"

entrapment collapse: a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials

forbidden fruit collapse: originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)

blandishment collapse: the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery; flattery intended to persuade

inducement collapse: act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep"

attraction collapse: the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"; a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees"; an entertainment that is offered to the public; the force by which one object attracts another

tug collapse: a sudden abrupt pull; struggle in opposition; "She tugged and wrestled with her conflicts"; pull hard; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"; pull or strain hard at; "Each oar was tugged by several men"; move by pulling hard; "The horse finally tugged the cart out of the mud"; tow (a vessel) with a tug; "The tugboat tugged the freighter into the harbor"; strive and make an effort to reach a goal; "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

gravity collapse: a solemn and dignified feeling; (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein

fascination collapse: the capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations"; the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)

magnetism collapse: the branch of science that studies magnetism; attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force

lure collapse: qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

charisma collapse: a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others

appeal collapse: (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in the superior court"; attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his smile was part of his appeal to her"; request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble"; take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was found guilty but appealed immediately"; challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict"

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