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Ravishment

Ravishment Meaning & Definition
Ravishment Definition And Meaning

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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