Definition of Defloration
1. Noun. An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.
2. Noun. The act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse).
Derivative terms: Deflower
Definition of Defloration
1. n. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.
Definition of Defloration
1. Noun. the act of deflowering ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defloration
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defloration
Literary usage of Defloration
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"The fear of defloration is no doubt closely connected ... are bridegrooms who
take care that no offspring can result from the defloration of the bride, ..."
2. Conjugial Love and Its Chaste Delights: Also, Adulterous Love and Its Sinful by Emanuel Swedenborg (1871)
"defloration, without a, view to marriage as an end, is the villany of a robber IV.
The lot of those who have confirmed themselves in the persuasion that the ..."
3. Medicolegal Aspects of Moral Offenses by Léon Henri Thoinot, Arthur Wisswald Weysse (1911)
"Usual signs of virginity and of defloration. ... (b) The cardinal sign of
defloration is the rupture of the hymen; there are besides some accessory signs to ..."
4. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"defloration. SIGNS OF VIRGINITY. The duty of a medical witness on these occasions
is very simple ; and perhaps this will be best understood by considering ..."
5. The principles and practice of medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1873)
"... ON GIRLS AFTER PUBERTY—defloration—SIGNS OF VIRGINITY PROOFS OF INTERCOURSE.
Medical evidence is commonly required to support a charge of rape, ..."
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