suggestion

(n) an idea that is suggested
- the picnic was her suggestion
(n) a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
- it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse
proffer, proposition,
(n) a just detectable amount
- he speaks French with a trace of an accent
trace, hint,
(n) persuasion formulated as a suggestion prompting,
(n) the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
(n) the act of inducing hypnosis hypnotism, mesmerism,

proffer proposition trace hint prompting hypnotism mesmerism

suggestive