Thesaurus: ravishment
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.
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Definitions
- n. 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.
- n. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.
- n. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
- n. a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
- n. the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
- 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.
- n a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment n the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will