Suasion Definition

swāzhən
noun

Persuasion.

Webster's New World
Persuasion.
Moral suasion.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Suasion

Noun

Singular:
suasion
Plural:
suasions

Origin of Suasion

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin suāsiō suāsiōn- from suāsus past participle of suādēre to advise swād- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Suasion Sentence Examples

  • The tone of the passage when compared with the disciplinary methods of the synagogue indicates that its purpose was to introduce elements of reason and moral suasion in place of sterner methods.

  • After several attempts at reconquest had failed, Don Diego de Vargas marched up the Rio Grande in 1692, and largely by moral suasion secured the surrender of Santa Fe, then held by the Indians.

  • Yet the momentous change which finally crushed out Congregationalism, by substitution of legal coercion for moral suasion as the final means of securing unity, came relatively late in the history of the ancient Catholic Church.

  • Moral suasion by the Holy Ghost upon the natural man, this is all the divine work in it.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUA

Words Ending With

NONION

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