Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Temptation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
"The shiny wrapper was a temptation that made him drop his homework and open it instead."
the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid
"he felt the temptation and his will power weakened"
the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
"his enticements were shameless"
The act of tempting
"The baker's offer was an irresistible temptation that made it hard to walk away from the fresh bread."
The word temptation entered English from the Old French temptacion, which was derived from the Latin temptatio. Originally meaning a trial or testing of one's character, it evolved to describe the act of enticement toward wrongdoing.