defloration

def·lo·ra·tion  (dfl-rshn)

n.

1. The act of deflowering.

2. Rupture of the hymen, typically in sexual intercourse.

---

[Middle English defloracioun, from Late Latin dflrti, dflrtin-, from dflrtus, past participle of dflrre, to deflower; see deflower.]

---

defloration

the act of having sexual intercourse with a virgin; devirgination.

See also: Sex

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	defloration - an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something scathe, damage, harm, hurt - the act of damaging something or someone
	2.	defloration - the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse) carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, copulation, intercourse, relation, congress - the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur