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sua⋅sion

  [swey-zhuhn]
–noun
1. the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
2. an instance of this; a persuasive effort.
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Origin:
1325–75; ME < L suāsiōn- (s. of suāsiō), equiv. to suās(us), ptp. of suādēre to advise (suād-, verb s. + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
sua⋅sive  [swey-siv] , sua⋅so⋅ry  [swey-suh-ree] , adjective
sua⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
sua⋅sive⋅ness, noun
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sua·sion   (swā'zhən)   
n.  Persuasion: moral suasion.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin suāsiō, suāsiōn-, from suāsus, past participle of suādēre, to advise; see swād- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

suasion 
1374, probably via O.Fr. suasion (14c.), from L. suasionem (nom. suasio) "an advising, a counseling," from suasus, pp. of suadere "to urge, persuade" (related to suavis "sweet;" see sweet). Survives chiefly in phrase moral suasion (1642).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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