suasion

But our authority, moral suasion, and dollars secured the peace in both Europe and Japan.

It was inevitable that Carver should undervalue moral suasion; a military man, he recognized only the arbitrament of brute force.

This, however, is effected by moral suasion alone, and physical punishment is extremely rare.

Either they would have the workers give up all struggle and depend upon moral suasion, or they would have them riot.

Just a flicker of vindictiveness crept into Boris' eyes, and under the suasion of firearms he turned again to the bag.

In the passage here omitted, Eleusius tries to win her over, but neither suasion nor scourging shake her resolution.