Meaning

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

    (countable, uncountable)A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage.

  2. (countable, uncountable)An induced abortion.

    Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.

    Abtreibung, Schwangerschaftsabbruch, Abtreibung

    або́ртabórt, або́ртabórt

    або́ртabórt

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.

  4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.

  5. (countable, uncountable)Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.

  7. (archaic, countable, uncountable)An aborted foetus; an abortus.

More definitions
  • termination of pregnancy
  • failure of a plan

Examples

75 sentences
  1. Are you against abortion?

    ruТы против абортов? — odexed

  2. Are you for or against abortion?

    Ти за чи проти абортів? — deniko

    ruТы за или против абортов? — Ann74

    deBist du für oder gegen Abtreibung? — xtofu80

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  3. I tell you that I am personally against abortion.

    Кажу тобі, особисто я проти абортів. — sakhnik

    deIch sage dir, dass ich persönlich gegen Abtreibung bin. — mayok

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  4. She had an abortion.

    Вона зробила аборт. — deniko

    ruОна сделала аборт. — odexed

    deSie hatte eine Abtreibung. — Wolf

  5. Are you for or against abortions?

    Ти за чи проти абортів? — deniko

    ruТы за или против абортов? — Ann74

    deBist du für oder gegen Abtreibung? — xtofu80

Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Latin abortiōnem (“miscarriage, abortion”), from aborior (“to miscarry”). Equivalent

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

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