About The Word Ravishment
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Ravishment
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What's The Definition Of Ravishment?
[n] the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
[n] a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment Synonyms | Synonyms for Ravishment: assault | entrancement | rape | violation Related Terms | Find terms related to Ravishment: See Also | carnal abuse | date rape | delectation | delight | sexual abuse | sexual assault | statutory rape Ravishment In Webster's Dictionary \Rav"ish*ment\, n. [F. ravissement. See {Ravish}.]
1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent;
abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their
parents, or a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from
her husband. --Blackstone.
2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of
delight; ecstasy. --Spencer.
In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --Milton.
3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
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