<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of persuading or seeking to persuade</li><li>the power of persuading; persuasive force</li><li>the state or fact of being persuaded or convinced</li><li>a deep conviction or belief</li><li>a form or system of belief, especially religious belief: the Quaker persuasion</li><li>a sect, group, or faction holding or advocating a particular belief, idea, ideology, etc.: Several of the people present are of the socialist persuasion</li><li>kind or sort</li></ul>