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defloration
[ def-luh-rey-shuhn, dee-fluh- ]
defloration
/ ˌdiːflɔːˈreɪʃən /
noun
- the act of deflowering
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Word History and Origins
Origin of defloration1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of defloration1
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Example Sentences
A girl may suffer most severely, alike morally and socially, even though defloration has not been effected.
Martineau118 reports cases in which defloration had been effected at the age of nine or ten years.
The lust of fornication is more grievous, as it verges to the desire of varieties and of defloration.
The lust of fornication is more grievous as it verges to the desire of varieties and of defloration, n. 454.
Soone after came her invisible servants, and presented to her such things as were necessary for her defloration.
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