Ravishment

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RAV'ISHMENT, n.
1. The act of forcing a woman to carnal connection; forcible violation of chastity.
2. Rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy; pleasing violence of the mind or senses.
All things joy with ravishment attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
3. The act of carrying away; 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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Ravishment Violation Violence

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