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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something;

2. the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Defloration \Def`lo*ra"tion\, n. [LL. defloratio: cf. F. d['e]floration.] 1. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection. [R.] [1913 Webster] The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the defloration of the English laws. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

defloration n 1: an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something 2: the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

DEFLORATION. The act by which a woman is deprived of her virginity. 2. When this is done unlawfully, and against her will, it bears the name of rape, (q.v.) when she consents, it is fornication. (q.v.)