Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ravishment \Rav"ish*ment\, n. [F. ravissement. See {Ravish}.]
   1. The act of carrying away by force or against consent;
      abduction; as, the ravishment of children from their
      parents, or a ward from his guardian, or of a wife from
      her husband. --Blackstone.

   2. The state of being ravished; rapture; transport of
      delight; ecstasy. --Spencer.

            In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment
            Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --Milton.

   3. The act of ravishing a woman; rape.

Source : WordNet®

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}]