Ravishment

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act of ravishing a woman; rape.

II. Ravishment ·noun The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy.

III. Ravishment ·noun 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.