Rāv'ish-ment, n.

n. [Fr. ravissement, It. rapimento. 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.

All things joy with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. Milton. 3. The act of forcing a woman to carnal connection; forcible violation of chastity; rape.