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ravishment

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ravishment  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ravishment 
  n  1:  a  feeling  of  delight  at  being  filled  with  wonder  and 
  enchantment  [syn:  {entrancement}] 
  2:  the  crime  of  forcing  a  woman  to  submit  to  sexual  intercourse 
  against  her  will  [syn:  {rape},  {violation},  {assault},  {sexual 
  assault}]




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