Ravishment

Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.
  • (n.) The act of ravishing a woman; rape.

Compare ravishment with other words:

lavishment vs. ravishment

ecstasy vs. ravishment

rapine vs. ravishment

ravish vs. ravishment

rapture vs. ravishment