enticement

[ en-tahys-muh nt ]

/ ɛnˈtaɪs mənt /

the act or practice of enticing, especially to evil.

the state of being enticed.

something that entices; allurement.

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1275–1325; Middle English < Old French; see entice, -ment

Atop the building, an unfinished roof deck awaits the enticement of a soon-to-be liquor license.
Brooklyn’s Museum of Death: Inside Morbid Anatomy’s House of Intriguing Horrors|Nina Strochlic|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This was meant to be an enticement for Abbas to return to negotiations.
Obama Meets Palestine’s Abbas in the Wild Wild West Bank|Eli Lake|March 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Thus, from the defense perspective, the enticement was likely the promise that the sentence imposed would be time served.
How the West Memphis Three Got Out|Gerald L. Shargel|August 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But the enticement of acquisition and discovery of novelty whilst there were not the governing influences in Balfour's excursion.
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various

The Circean witchery and enticement is all on the part of the dog-germ, not in the inclination of the molecules.
Life: Its True Genesis|R. W. Wright
What earthly basis can there be for the enticement it holds out to him?
The Unwilling Vestal|Edward Lucas White
No enticement, even of a dog-friend or of a great bone, will induce this faithful servant to abandon his charge.
Heads and Tales|Various
He struggled against the enticement that lay in this peculiarity.
The Goose Man|Jacob Wassermann