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Defloration
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What's The Definition Of Defloration?
[n] the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)
[n] an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something Synonyms | Synonyms for Defloration: Related Terms | Find terms related to Defloration: See Also | carnal knowledge | coition | coitus | congress | copulation | damage | harm | hurt | intercourse | relation | scathe | sex act | sexual congress | sexual intercourse | sexual relation Defloration In Webster's Dictionary \Def`lo*ra"tion\, n. [LL. defloratio: cf. F.
d['e]floration.]
1. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.
--Johnson.
2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part;
careful culling or selection. [R.]
The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the
defloration of the English laws. --Sir M. Hale.
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