Bible Dictionaries
Ravishment
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.
(3):
(n.) The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ravishment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/ravishment.html. 1828.