abortion

noun

ə-ˈbȯr-shən How to pronounce abortion (audio)
Definition of abortionnext
as in repeal
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to the abortion of the space mission caused the whole space program to be reexamined

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  1. repeal
  2. cancellation
  3. abandonment
  4. abolition
Noun
  • Currently, the repeal effort (which would also lead to the elimination of certain campaign-finance disclosure rules) looks set for defeat, though more than a quarter of votes are yet to be counted.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
  • On Tuesday, voters rejected Missouri lawmakers’ attempt to overturn that repeal.
    — Rachel Cohen Booth, Vox, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of repeal
Noun
  • Those individuals experienced delays in getting to medical appointments, cancellation fees and other issues as a result, the suit said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • In terms of travel insurance, the card offers baggage insurance, trip delay coverage, trip cancellation and interruption insurance and rental car coverage.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of cancellation
Noun
  • Stewart gave the character so much humanity, life, and fear, the terror of a life wasted in pursuit of wealth to the abandonment of all else.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026
  • If one relative always made Christmas dinner, this year’s gathering may shift to a potluck, a smaller meal or a new host, a change the Hospice Foundation of America describes as a form of compromise rather than abandonment.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of abandonment
Noun
  • Only his vote can hasten the abolition of slavery who asserts his own freedom by his vote.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The financial settlement that accompanied Britain’s abolition of slavery in 1834 makes the injustice particularly stark.
    — Brooke N. Newman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of abolition
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