Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ravishment"
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) 1.7 (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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