DEFLORATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("defloration" is a kind of...):

carnal knowledge; coition; coitus; copulation; intercourse; relation; sex act; sexual congress; sexual intercourse; sexual relation (sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur)

Derivation:

deflower (deprive of virginity)

Meaning:

An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("defloration" is a kind of...):

damage; harm; hurt; scathe (the act of damaging something or someone)

Derivation:

deflower (make imperfect)

deflower (deprive of virginity)