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Definitions for Abort

[1] to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is viable; miscarry.
[2] to develop incompletely; remain in a rudimentary or undeveloped state.
[3] to fail, cease, or stop at an early or premature stage.
[4] Military . to fail to accomplish a purpose or mission for any reason other than enemy action.
[5] Rocketry . (of a missile) to stop before the scheduled flight is completed.
[6] to cause to bring forth (a fetus) from the uterus before the fetus is viable.
[7] to cause (a pregnant female) to be delivered of a nonviable fetus.
[8] to cause to cease or end at an early or premature stage: We aborted our vacation when the car broke down.
[9] to terminate (a missile flight, mission, etc.) before completion.
[10] to put down or quell in the early stages: Troops aborted the uprising.
[11] a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
[12] to undergo or cause (a woman) to undergo the termination of pregnancy before the fetus is viable
[13] (tr) to cause (a fetus) to be expelled from the womb before it is viable
[14] (intr) to fail to come to completion; go wrong
[15] (tr) to stop the development of; cause to be abandoned
[16] (intr) to give birth to a dead or nonviable fetus
[17] (of a space flight, military operation, etc) to fail or terminate prematurely
[18] (intr) (of an organism or part of an organism) to fail to develop into the mature form
[19] the premature termination or failure of (a space flight, military operation, etc)

Words related to Abort

scrub, halt, scrap, terminate, nullify, interrupt, miscarry, end, scratch, drop, arrest, fail, check

Words nearby Abort

aboriginalia, aboriginality, aborigine, aborigines, aborning, abort, aborted systole, aborticide, abortient, abortifacient, abortigenic

Origin of Abort

1570–80; < Latin abortus miscarried (past participle of aborīrī to disappear, miscarry) equivalent to ab- ab- + -or- come into being + -tus past participle suffix

Words that may be confused with Abort

aboard, abort, abroad

Other words from Abort

un·a·bort·ed , adjective

Word origin for Abort

C16: from Latin abortāre, from the past participle of aborīrī to miscarry, from ab- wrongly, badly + orīrī to appear, arise, be born

Synonyms for Abort

break off, cut off, halt, interrupt, nullify, scrap, scrub, terminate, arrest, check, drop, end, fail, scratch, call it quits, call off, knock it off, lay off