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# abortion

noun (an abortion, abortions)

«abortion» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An abortion is a medical operation or treatment that ends a pregnancy on purpose, so a baby is not born. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abortion/#m1)
2. (formal, rare) An abortion can mean a plan or attempt that fails and is stopped early. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abortion/#m2)

### In the lessons

A serious adult topic in health education, news and politics; people have strong and different views about it. In science it is a medical word. Gentle words used instead include «termination». In older or technical language «abort» means stop early, as in «abort the mission».

### Examples

- Abortion is a medical topic that adults often debate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abortion/#x1)
- Some people support abortion rights and others are against them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abortion/#x2)
- The news talked about new laws on abortion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abortion/#x3)
- A doctor explained what an abortion is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abortion/#x4)
- Different countries have different rules about abortion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abortion/#x5)
- The space mission was aborted because of a fault. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abortion/#x6)

### Note

Countable or uncountable. Verb: abort (also used for stopping a mission or computer task). Adjective: abortive (formal: failed). It is a sensitive subject; talk about it respectfully.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «abortion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/abortion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«abortion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/abortion.html) on Mova free.