Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Suasion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suasion \Sua"sion\, n. [L. suasio, fr. suadere, suasum, to
advise, persuade, fr. suadus persuading, persuasive; akin to
suavis sweet: cf. OF. suasion. See {Suave}, and cf.
{Dissuade}, {Persuade}.]
The act of persuading; persuasion; as, moral suasion.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
suasion
n : the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade) [syn: {persuasion}]
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