Found 2 items, similar to DEFLORATION.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: defloration defloration n 1: an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something 2: the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Defloration Defloration \Def`lo*ra"tion\, n. [LL. defloratio: cf. F. d['e]floration.] 1. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection. [R.] [1913 Webster] The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the defloration of the English laws. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]