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Abort can mean:

Termination

The early termination of some process or relationship:

• Abort (computing), to terminate a computer processing or data transfer activity
• Aeronautics, a last-minute decision to cancel a landing attempt is referred to as a go-around or an aborted landing
• Abortion, the termination of pregnancy
  • Late-term abortion at an advanced stage of gestation
  • Abortion debate, ongoing debate surrounding abortion
• Paper abortion (also known as a financial abortion or a statutory abort), the proposed ability of a biological father, before the birth of the child, to opt out of any rights, privileges, and responsibilities toward the child, including financial support

• Spaceflight, particularly a mode resulting in the return of the spacecraft to Earth:
  • Apollo abort modes
  • Space Shuttle abort modes
  • Soyuz abort modes
  • Orion abort modes

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Abort (album), a 1991 album by the band Tribe
• Abort (film), a 1970 Norwegian film

Other uses

• Abort, antiquated German for a toilet