defloration

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

DEFLORATION. 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.)

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