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RAVISHMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ravishment mean? 

RAVISHMENT (noun)
  The noun RAVISHMENT has 2 senses:

1. a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantmentplay

2. the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her willplay

  Familiarity information: RAVISHMENT used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAVISHMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

entrancement; ravishment

Hypernyms ("ravishment" is a kind of...):

delectation; delight (a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction)

Derivation:

ravish (hold spellbound)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

assault; rape; ravishment; violation

Hypernyms ("ravishment" is a kind of...):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ravishment"):

date rape (rape in which the rapist is known to the victim (as when they are on a date together))

carnal abuse; statutory rape (sexual intercourse with a person (girl or boy) who has not reached the age of consent (even if both parties participate willingly))

Derivation:

ravish (force (someone) to have sex against their will)


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