What does 説得 mean?
説得 is a Japanese noun meaning “persuasion” in English. It is written as 説得 in kanji, せっとく in hiragana, and settoku in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
私は彼女に気楽にするようにと説得した。
I persuaded her to make herself comfortable.