The first step of answering this question is clearly when Holofernes' head was severed. Next, Judith was tempted by her slain victims body and nearly fell into her human lust. She was then "punished" for a while and couldn't move, but with the help of her servant, got her senses together and ended up standing up for her country in the end.
While it isn't much word-wise, I feel this aptly expresses the MDQ.
I find the phrase you used very interesting when talking about Judith's attempt to sleep with Holofernes' body after he had been decapitated. I found this plot point to be incredibly hard to understand and analyze, but thinking of it as a moment of "human lust", as a impulse that she almost could not control, gives me a way into understanding how she came to that horrifying idea.
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