Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SE-DUC'TION, n. [Fr. from L. seductio.]

1. The act of seducing, or of enticing from the path of duty; in a general sense. Hammond.
2. Appropriately, the act or crime of persuading a female, by flattery or deception, to surrender her chastity. A woman who is above flattery, is least liable to seduction; but the best safeguard is principle, the love of purity and holiness, the fear of God and reverence for his commands.