persuasion
Cross references: 1. opinion per.sua.sion \p*r-'swa--zh*n\ n [ME persuasioun, fr. MF or L; MF persuasion, fr. L persuasion-X, persuasio, fr. persuasus, pp. of persuade-re 1a: the act or process or an instance of persuading 1b: a persuading argument : INDUCEMENT 1c: PERSUASIVENESS 2: the condition of being persuaded 3a: OPINION, BELIEF; esp : a system of religious belief s 3b: a group adhering to a particular system of beliefs 4: KIND, SORT