abortion

Plural: abortions

Noun

• The deliberate termination of a process.
• termination of pregnancy
• failure of a plan
• The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.
• A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage.
• The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.
• An induced abortion.
• An aborted foetus; an abortus.
• A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
• Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
• Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
• The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.

Examples

• Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.
• The blocking of the triple word square caused the abortion of my high-scoring plan.

Synonyms

miscarriage, abort, aborticide, abortus, embryoctony, feticide, foeticide, misbirth, termination