- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. Source: opted
- 3. n. The act of ravishing a woman; rape. Source: opted
- 4. n. a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment Source: wordnet
- 5. n. the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will Source: wordnet
- 6. 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. Source: webster
- 7. 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 Source: ecdict
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