RAVISHMENT

rape, violation, assault, ravishment

(noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

entrancement, ravishment

(noun) a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

ravishment (countable and uncountable, plural ravishments)

ecstasy

seizure by force

(dated or BDSM) rape

Source: Wiktionary

Rav"ish*ment, n. Etym: [F. ravissement. See Ravish.]

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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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