[syn: rape, violation, assault, ravishment]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ravishment \Rav"ish*ment\ (-ment), n. [F. ravissement. See
Ravish.]
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1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent;
abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their
parents, of a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from
her husband. --Blackstone.
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2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of
delight; ecstasy. --Spenser.
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In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment
Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --Milton.
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3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ravishment
n 1: a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and
enchantment [syn: entrancement, ravishment]
2: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse
against her will [syn: rape, violation, assault,
ravishment]