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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

RAVISHMENT, crim. law. This word has several meanings. 1. It is an unlawful 
taking of a woman, or an heir in ward. 2. It is sometimes used synonymously 
with rape.

Thesaurus Results for Ravishment:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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