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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