ravishment Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
entrancement.
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noun the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
violation; assault; rape.
WordNet
Rav"ish*ment noun
Etymology
F.Definitions
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The act of carrying away by force or against consent; abduction; Blackstone.as, the .ravishment of children from their parents, or a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from her husband -
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.
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The act of ravishing a woman; rape.