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Meaning of "ravishment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAVISHMENT

ravishment  [ˈrævɪʃmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAVISHMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ravishment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAVISHMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ravishment

Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms sexual penetration initiated against one or more individuals without the consent of those individuals. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or against a person who is incapable of valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, or below the legal age of consent.[1][2][3][4] The term rape is sometimes used interchangeably with the term sexual assault.[5] Internationally, the incidence of rapes recorded by the police during 2010 varied between 0.2 in Azerbaijan per 100,000 people and 92.9 per 100,000 people in Botswana with 6.3 per 100,000 people in Lithuania as the median.[6] According to the American Medical Association, sexual violence, and rape in particular, is considered the most underreported violent crime.[7][8] The rate of reporting, prosecuting and convicting for rape varies considerably in different jurisdictions. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics estimated that 91% of U.S. rape victims are female and 9% are male.

Definition of ravishment in the English dictionary

The definition of ravishment in the dictionary is the act of entrancing or the state of being entranced. Other definition of ravishment is abduction.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAVISHMENT


abolishment
əˈbɒlɪʃmənt
accomplishment
əˈkɒmplɪʃmənt
admonishment
ədˈmɒnɪʃmənt
astonishment
əˈstɒnɪʃmənt
banishment
ˈbænɪʃmənt
diminishment
dɪˈmɪnɪʃmənt
disestablishment
ˌdɪsɪsˈtæblɪʃmənt
embellishment
ɪmˈbɛlɪʃmənt
establishment
ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt
garnishment
ˈɡɑːnɪʃmənt
impoverishment
ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt
lavishment
ˈlævɪʃmənt
nourishment
ˈnʌrɪʃmənt
punishment
ˈpʌnɪʃmənt
re-establishment
ˌriːɪsˈtæblɪʃmənt
refurbishment
riːˈfɜːbɪʃmənt
relinquishment
rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃmənt
replenishment
rɪˈplenɪʃmənt
stablishment
ˈstæblɪʃmənt
undernourishment
ˌʌndəˈnʌrɪʃmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAVISHMENT

raveningly
ravenlike
Ravenna
ravenous
ravenously
ravenousness
raver
ravigote
ravigotte
ravin
ravine
raving
ravingly
ravings
ravioli
ravish
ravisher
ravishing
ravishingly
raw

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAVISHMENT

advertisement
anti-Establishment
attachment
bashment
capital punishment
catchment
corporal punishment
detachment
encashment
encroachment
enrichment
entrenchment
impeachment
parchment
reattachment
refreshment
research establishment
retrenchment
shower attachment
the Establishment
writ of attachment

Synonyms and antonyms of ravishment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ravishment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAVISHMENT

Find out the translation of ravishment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ravishment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ravishment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ravishment
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ravishment
570 millions of speakers

English

ravishment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उमंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإغتصاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

изнасилование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ravishment
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নারীধর্ষণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ravissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ravishment
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hingerissenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

強姦
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

강탈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ravishment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ham hiếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உவகை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अत्यानंद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ravishment
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ravishment
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ravishment
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

згвалтування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

siluire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρπαγή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vervoering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ravishment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Ravishment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ravishment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAVISHMENT»

The term «ravishment» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.476 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAVISHMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ravishment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ravishment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ravishment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAVISHMENT»

Discover the use of ravishment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ravishment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rape and Ravishment in the Literature of Medieval England
An exploration of the development of Middle English portrayals of rape and ravishment in the context of shifting legal, theological and medical attitudes.
Corinne J. Saunders, 2001
2
Gentlewoman's Ravishment
Portia Da Costa. Over tea and cakes after our sewing labors, Arabella regales us with more tales of her supposedly scandalous private life with her grooms, her footmen and certain enthusiastic friends of her husband. I'm not sure any of us ...
Portia Da Costa, 2010
3
A Gentlewoman's Ravishment (Mills & Boon Spice Briefs)
. . Don't miss A Gentlewoman's Predicament, the first installment of Portia Da Costa's scandalous Victorian series, the Ladies' Sewing Circle, on sale now.
Portia Da Costa, 2010
4
Crime and Ravishment
Judith Summers. Crime and Ravishment Judith Summers Copyright © Judith Summers 1996 First published in Great Britain.
Judith Summers
5
American Law Reports Annotated
sexual intercourse) ; Smith v. Hendrix (1910) 149 Iowa, 255, 128 N. W. 360 ( ravishment) ; Williams v. Budgett (1919) — Iowa, — , 172 N. W. 283 (ravishment). Kentucky.— Collins v. Wilson (1897) 18 Ky. L. Rep. 1049, 39 S. W. 33 (indecent ...
‎1920
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The ravishment of Persephone: epistolary lyric in the Siècle ...
De Pree concludes that as a plural and protean form, epistolary lyric anticipates the so-called poetic revolution(s) that transformed nineteenth-century French lyric.
Julia Knowlton De Pree, 1998
7
A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically ...
(W) Ravishment of Ward. Whatls; And in what Cafes it lies. T 'HERE are two forts of ravishment of wards, that is to lay, ravistment in deed, and ravishment in law. 2 Inst. 440. 2. Ravishment in deed, as when one takes and carries away a ward.
Charles Viner, 1793
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The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Law and Literature: Estate, ...
'7 “Ravishment of ward” occurs whenever a ward is seduced away from her guardian, whether that seduction is a “true” kidnapping that ends in the sexual defilement of the ward or is merely a nonthreatening and nonsexual consensual  ...
Dr Cheryl L Nixon, 2013
9
Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third ...
You the plea have plainly heard how he has claimed this between wardship by reason of purchase, and he com- Eobert de , . r , J . , i r , . , Hakebeche plains of a ravishment, to which we have and Saier 8aij tliat he married the infant to his own  ...
Alfred John Horwood, Luke Owen Pike, 1908
10
The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering ...
The difference between rape and ravishment is love. Your woman surrendering to receive your strong love, or you lovingly “forcing” your woman to surrender into greater ecstasy, is the basis of ravishment. When you are unwilling to play these  ...
David Deida, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAVISHMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ravishment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
No Less Than Men
Although prejudiced society makes them mute, they rise above several aspects, which include child labor, illiteracy, poverty, ravishment, child marriage and so ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Orange Is the New Black celeb blog: Star Kate Mulgrew reflects on …
It is a 48-hour coup de foudre and, if you think it is difficult for the viewer to survive this ravishment, imagine what it must be like for those of us who have created ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jun 15»
3
Barge of slow ravishment
Finally, the barge of slow ravishment is penetrating the wilds of the Red Cedar River in the form of George Frederic Handel´s “Xerxes,” the “Messiah” composer´s ... «City Pulse, Mar 15»
4
Love Bites: Caricatures by James Gillray
Political Ravishment, — or — The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street in Danger shows prime minister William Pitt the Younger reaching into the pockets of the Old ... «Times Higher Education, Mar 15»
5
Fifty Shades of Feminism: Hot Sex and the New Fairy Tale
But do not underestimate or mistake our desire for ravishment by a strong man for weakness. We are not giving up our power; we are taking back our power. «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
6
'American Horror Story: Freak Show' Season 4 Premiere Recap …
From what we've seen so far, they've been complicit in both a murder and the “ravishment” of a young woman high on opium, Millie (played by Meryl Streep's ... «New York Observer, Oct 14»
7
Jonathan Kay: Justin Trudeau's Sun boycott is morally justified
But it doesn't apply at all to Ezra Levant, who in this case wasn't holding Trudeau to account for anything except some Medieval bridal ravishment fantasy he ... «National Post, Sep 14»
8
'Brahms - The Symphonies' by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra …
Yet when violas and cellos ravish the ear in the Fourth Symphony's slow movement, the ravishment is never bought at the expense of a trademark clarity of ... «Gramophone, Sep 14»
9
Review: THE RAPE OF LUCRECE
When, in the midst of her ravishment, she asks why he is attacking her, Tarquin replies, "The fault is thine." She is lovely, she is pure, and so she must have been ... «Philly.com, Sep 14»
10
Interviu cu Sebastian Stancu (RoadkillSoda, Spiritual Ravishment)
Spiritual Ravishment e monstrul mare din adancuri care va iesi in curand sa se hraneasca. In anii care au trecut de la "Children of the Atom" am pus la punct un ... «METALHEAD Romania, Jul 14»

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