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.
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2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part;
careful culling or selection. [R.]
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The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the
defloration of the English laws. --Sir M. Hale.
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