defloration
the act of deflowering.
Origin of defloration
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How to use defloration in a sentence
A girl may suffer most severely, alike morally and socially, even though defloration has not been effected.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollMartineau118 reports cases in which defloration had been effected at the age of nine or ten years.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollThe lust of fornication is more grievous, as it verges to the desire of varieties and of defloration.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love | Emanuel SwedenborgThe lust of fornication is more grievous as it verges to the desire of varieties and of defloration, n. 454.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love | Emanuel SwedenborgSoone after came her invisible servants, and presented to her such things as were necessary for her defloration.
The Golden Asse | Lucius Apuleius
British Dictionary definitions for defloration
/ (ˌdiːflɔːˈreɪʃən) /
the act of deflowering
Origin of defloration
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