suasion

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action

From Middle English suasion, from Latin suāsiō (“counselling, advice, persuasion”).

It took moral suasion to get the appointment." — Flamsted quarries, Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
Zootomy and moral suasion are not homogeneous, analogous, nor indigenous. — Remarks, Bill Nye
She has an eye like a man-eating fish, and she has got moral suasion down to a fine point. — The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

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