temptation
/tempˈteɪʃən/ nounDefinition
FEELING [C, U] › a feeling that you want to do or have something, although you know you should not: [+ to do sth] I resisted the temptation to (= I did not) have another piece of chocolate cake.
SOMETHING THAT TEMPTS [C] › something that makes you want to do or have something although you know you should not: He knew crime was wrong but the money was too great a temptation.
(Definition of temptation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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