persuasion -
n. 1 persuading (yielded to
persuasion).
2 persuasiveness (use all your
persuasion).
3 a belief or conviction (my private
persuasion).
4 a
religious belief, or the group or sect holding it (of a different
persuasion).
5 colloq. any group or
party (the male
persuasion).
[ME f. L persuasio (as PERSUADE)] 
