Associations to the word «Ravishment»

Wiktionary

RAVISHMENT, noun. Ecstasy
RAVISHMENT, noun. Seizure by force
RAVISHMENT, noun. Rape

Dictionary definition

RAVISHMENT, noun. A feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and enchantment.
RAVISHMENT, noun. The crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope