abortion

Plural

abortions

1. 1.The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.

   • Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.
   • It is impossible for an abortion clinic to have a waiting list of more than nine months.
   • Representative Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania will resign from Congress after claims that the anti-abortion Republican had urged a woman he was having an extramarital affair with to have an abortion.

2. 2.A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.

   • His voice was the most pitiable abortion of a voice I had ever heard.
   • Dickey on his own manages to turn a simple bo diddley 1-2-3-4 into an absolute abortion of a song.
   • Insomuch that I do honestly believe, there can be no place in the world, where such intolerable abortions, begotten of the sculptor’s chisel, are to be found in such profusion, as in Rome.

3. 3.Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.

   • The transfer or loss of the project manager before the project is completed will result in lost continuity and delay or the abortion of the project and/or the report.
   • The returning good sense of our country threatens abortion to their hopes, & they believe that any portion of power confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.

4. 4.Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.

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