abortion: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with A · ends with N
Meaning of abortion
noun
- countable, uncountable
The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus. A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage.
- countable, uncountable
The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus. An induced abortion.
Example: Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
- countable, figuratively, uncountable
Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
Listed forms: abortions.
Source: Wiktionary — abortion.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for abortion.
noun
failure of a plan
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is abortion in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of abortion
A(1) + B(3) + O(1) + R(1) + T(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 10 points.
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Anagrams of abortion
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from abortion
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