a defense lawyer uses not only legal arguments but also moral suasion to appeal to a jury's sense of right and wrong
Recent Examples on the WebThe goal isn’t just Oscars on a mantelpiece but emotional suasion, manipulating our gullibility and trust. Armond White, National Review, 6 July 2022 Neither reason nor moral suasion can deter Wanda from her dastardly mission; thus Strange, his longtime ally Wong (Benedict Wong), Christine, and America herself have no choice but to challenge the all-powerful sorceress in cataclysmic combat. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 May 2022 English missionaries, seeing the practice as heathen, tried moral suasion. Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2022 France presents a contrast, in that President Emmanuel Macron has used more suasion. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2021 France presents a contrast, in that President Emmanuel Macron has used more suasion. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2021 France presents a contrast, in that President Emmanuel Macron has used more suasion. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2021 France presents a contrast, in that President Emmanuel Macron has used more suasion. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2021 France presents a contrast, in that President Emmanuel Macron has used more suasion. Compiled Democrat-gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin suasion-, suasio, from suadēre to urge, persuade — more at sweet