forbidden word: abortion
abortion
abortion, noun
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Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
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any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy, especially during the first six months.
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Also called spontaneous abortion. miscarriage.
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an immature and nonviable fetus.
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any malformed or monstrous person, thing, etc.
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Biology., the arrested development of an embryo or an organ at a more or less early stage.
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the stopping of an illness, infection, etc., at a very early stage.
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Informal.
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shambles; mess.
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anything that fails to develop, progress, or mature, as a design or project.
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Abortion laws are extremely controversial. Those who describe themselves as “pro-choice” believe that the decision to have an abortion should be left to the mother. In contrast, the “pro-life” faction, arguing that abortion is killing, holds that the state should prohibit abortion in most cases. Feminists (see feminism) (see also feminism) and liberals generally support the pro-choice side; Roman Catholics and Protestant fundamentalists generally back the pro-life side. (See Roe versus Wade.)
Other Word Forms
- postabortion adjective
- abortional adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of abortion1
First recorded in 1540–50, abortion is from the Latin word abortiōn- (stem of abortiō ). See abort, -ion
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from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025d). In Dictionary.com.
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example sentences: abortion
The obsession that too many of those same church leaders had over abortion and homosexuality — which Christ never talked about — over social justice matters during the Obama administration left me disappointed.
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Makary has also clashed with Republican senators over the agency’s approval of a generic form of an abortion pill, after promising antiabortion lawmakers a review of the drug’s safety.
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His list of fake threats is seemingly endless: “war zones” in cities, non-existent foreign invaders, supposedly greedy doctors who offer vaccines or abortions and — bafflingly — Tylenol.
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In those days there were no legal abortions.
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That’s why people like Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, have warned that the Supreme Court “will do to gay marriage what it did to abortion.”
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from — underrepresented. (2025). In Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
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Some of these moves seem tragically comical, like the elimination of photos from a Defense Department database of the World War II B-29 aircraft Enola Gay while erasing the recognition of the service of LGBTQ+ Americans who served in the military. But this is not just the ham-handed applications of President Trump’s executive orders. The reckless manner in which this is being done without regard to the consequences illustrates its nefarious intent.
from — Ltolin. (2025, October 3). Federal Government’s Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship. PEN America.
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Abortion must be / kept safe and legal . It is / essential health care.
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