Dictionary entry

Blandishment

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Blan″dish‐ment (�), n. [Cf. OF. blandissement.] The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement.

Cowering low with blandishment.

Milton.

Attacked by royal smiles, by female blandishments.

Macaulay.