| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.[Wordnet]
2. The act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse).[Wordnet] 3. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.[Websters] 4. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.[Websters]. | |
Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | Top | |
Date "DEFLORATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1748. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEFLORATION
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] The act of deflouring; the act of depriving of the flower or prime beauties; particularly, the act of taking away a womans virginity.. | 2: [Noun] A selection of the flower, or of that which is most valuable. The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the defloration of the English laws.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Law | DEFLORATION. 1. The act by which a woman is deprived of her virginity. 2. When this is done unlawfully, and against her will, it bears the name of rape, (q.v.) when she consents, it is fornication. (q.v.). (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] the act of deflowering. (references) | ||
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