| Abort 1. (v. i.) To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely. 2. (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile. 3. (n.) An untimely birth. 4. (n.) An aborted offspring. Thesaurus Entries abandon, belay, cancel, cease, close, conclude, cut it out, desist, determine, discontinue, drop it, end, finish, finish up, give over, go amiss, go astray, go wrong, halt, have done with, hold, knock it off, lay off, leave off, miscarry, perorate, quit, refrain, relinquish, renounce, resolve, scrap, scratch, scrub, stay, stop, terminate, wind up |