cajolery

/kəˈdʒoʊləri/
noun
  1. The act of persuading someone with flattery or gentle, repeated requests.
    • She used cajolery to convince her little brother to share his candy.
    • The salesman's cajolery made me buy a product I didn't need.
    • No amount of cajolery could get the cat to come out from under the bed.
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