Ravishment

['ræviʃmənt]

Definition

(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.

Editor: Marilyn

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Rape, defloration, constupration, violation, defilement.[2]. Rapture, ecstasy, transport, great delight, enravishment.

Typist: Remington