Per-suā'sion, n.
(per-swā'zhun), n. [Lat. persuasio, Fr. persuasion, Pr. persuasio, Sp. persuasion, It. persuasione.]
Sense 1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by any thing that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.
For thou hast all the arts of fine persuasion. Otway.
Sense 2. The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction proceeding from arguments and reasons offered by others, or suggested by one's own reflections.
I yield upon great persuasion. Milton.
Sense 3. A creed or belief; or a sect or party adhering to a creed or system of opinions; as, men of the same persuasion; all persuasions concur in the measure.