Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ravishment

Ravishment (-ment) , noun

[French ravissement. See Ravish.]

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. — Blackstone
2.
The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of delight; ecstasy. — Spenser
In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. — Milton
3.
The act of ravishing a woman; rape.