abortion

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.
2. (countable, uncountable) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) An aborted foetus; an abortus.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
5. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
6. (countable, uncountable) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
7. (countable, uncountable) The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.

Synonyms

miscarriage

failure

abort

have an abortion

aborticide

freak

respite

induced abortion

breaking off

monster

fiasco

discontinuance

abortive birth

misbirth

abeyance

flivver

flop

flunk

interception

intermission

interrupt

interruption

misfire

monstrosity

pause

prodigy

recess

runt

setback

shatter

termination

vacation

washout

crack open

cutting off

pregnancy termination

stillbirth

spontaneous abortion

prematurely born child

premature delivery

termination of pregnancy

non event

a near miss

abortment

stop

🛑

value voter

abnormity

adjournment

break

breather

Translations

aborto

avortement

aborto

Abtreibung

aborto

abortus

avortament

miskraam

Fehlgeburt

έκτρωση

Abort

🚽

Schwangerschaftsabbruch

إجهاض

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/

Etymology

From Latin abortiōnem (“miscarriage, abortion”), from aborior (“to miscarry”). Equivalent to abort + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣwyrp (literally “throwing out, rejection”).

Sentences

He makes an exception and allows abortion when a mother's life is at risk .