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ravishment

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rav·ish·ment  (rvsh-mnt)
n.
1. The act of seizing by force.
2. Sexual rape.
3. Rapture; entrancement.
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Noun1.ravishment - a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment
entrancement
delectation, delight - a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight to see her was obvious to all"
2.ravishment - the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
rape, assault, violation
date rape - rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together)
sex crime, sex offense, sexual abuse, sexual assault - a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat; "most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault"
statutory rape, carnal abuse - sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly)


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Joseph Sedley, who was fond of music, and soft-hearted, was in a state of ravishment during the performance of the song, and profoundly touched at its conclusion.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
) Suspended Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
All men avail themselves of such means as they can, to add this extraordinary power to their normal powers; and to this end they prize conversation, music, pictures, sculpture, dancing, theatres, travelling, war, mobs, fires, gaming, politics, or love, or science, or animal intoxication,--which are several coarser or finer quasi-mechanical substitutes for the true nectar, which is the ravishment of the intellect by coming nearer to the fact.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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