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RAVISHMENT

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. 2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. "In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze." (Milton) 3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape. Origin: F. Ravissement. See Ravish. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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