Ravishment /(-ment)/
Rav·ish·ment
Ravishment
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.
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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.
- The act of ravishing a woman; rape.