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   Sua·sion

   /ˈswāZH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. persuasion as opposed to force or compulsion: formal "the clearing banks found the use of both moral suasion and direct controls particularly irksome"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin suasio(n-), from suadere ‘to urge’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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