Aborts Word Meaning

mid 16th century: from Latin aboriri ‘miscarry’, from ab- ‘away, from’ + oriri ‘be born’

carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus)

carry out abortion of fetus

• the decision to abort the fetus
• many doctors assume that women who undergo testing would choose to abort

bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault

bring to premature end

• the flight crew aborted the take-off

an act of aborting a flight, space mission, or other enterprise

abandonment of enterprise

• an abort because of bad weather