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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ravishment
 強奪;銷魂;熱衷

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rav·ish·ment n.
 1. 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. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.
 In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment
 Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.   --Milton.
 3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 ravishment
      n 1: a feeling of delight at being filled with wonder and
           enchantment [syn: entrancement]
      2: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse
         against her will [syn: rape, violation, assault]