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persuasion

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  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