Persuasion

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun That which persuades; a persuasive.

II. Persuasion ·noun The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness.

III. Persuasion ·noun The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced.

IV. Persuasion ·noun A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed.

V. Persuasion ·noun The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.