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Definition: Abortion |
AbortionNoun1. Termination of pregnancy. 2. Failure of a plan. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "abortion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | For a woman to dream that she assents to abortion being committed on her, is a warning that she is contemplating some enterprise which if carried out will steep her in disgrace and unhappiness. For a doctor to dream that he is a party to an abortion, foretells that his practice will suffer from his inattention to duty, which will cause much trouble. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Health | 1. the premature expulsion from the uterus of the products of conception - of the embryo, or of a nonviable fetus. The four classic symptoms, usually present in each type of abortion, are uterine contractions, uterine haemorrhage, softening and dilatation of the cervix, and presentation or expulsion of all or part of the products of conception. 2. premature stoppage of a natural or a pathological process. (references) |
Law | A group of offences which includes miscarriage procured by the pregnant woman, miscarriage procured by another, and failure to report the termination of a pregnancy. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Abortion produced deliberately ; premature termination of pregnancy by induced expulsion of a nonviable fetus from the uterus. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
"Abortion," in its most commonly used sense, refers to the deliberate early termination of pregnancy, resulting in the termination of the embryo or fetus. Medically, the term also refers to the early termination of a pregnancy by natural causes ("spontaneous abortion" or miscarriage, which ends 1 in 5 of all pregnancies, usually within the first 13 weeks) or to the cessation of normal growth of a body part or organ. What follows is a discussion of the issues related to deliberate or "induced" abortion.
(Note: "morning after or "emergency" contraceptive drugs that are taken within 72 hours of sex interfere with the release of eggs from the ovary or with fertilization, and so are not generally considered to be forms of abortion unless they interfere with implantation of a zygote when taken later).
Depending on the stage of pregnancy an abortion is performed by a number of different methods. For the earliest terminations (before nine weeks or so) a chemical abortion is the usual method. The procedure consists of giving either methotrexate or mifepristone (RU-486) followed by administration of misoprostol. Approximately 8% of these abortions require surgical followup.
Concurrent with chemical abortion and extending up until around the fifteenth week suction-aspiration or vacuum abortion is the most common approach. replacing the more risky dilation and curettage (D & C). Manual vacuum aspiration (MVE) consists of emptying the uterus by suction using a manual syringe. From the fifteenth week up until around the eighteenth week a surgical dilation and evacuation (D & E) is used. D&E consists of opening the cervix of the uterus and emptying it using surgical instruments and suction.
Dilation and suction curettage consists of emptying the uterus by suction using a special apparatus. Curettage is cleaning the walls of uterus with a curette. Dilation and curettage (D&C) is a standard gynaecological procedure performed for a variety of reasons.
As the fetus size increases other techniques must be used to secure abortion in the third trimester, premature expulsion of the fetus can be induced with prostaglandin, this can be coupled with injecting the amniotic fluid with saline or urea solution. Very late abortions can be brought about by the controversial intact dilation and extraction (D & X) or a hysterotomy abortion, similar to a caesarian section, and requiring the surgical decompression of the fetus's head before evacuation. This is also referred to as Intact dilation and extraction.
See also: Sex selective abortion, herbal contraception, partial-birth abortion
Some experts argue that abortion may increase women's risk of breast cancer and depression. However, the reason abortion 'increases' the risk of breast cancer is because if a woman does not have children near the beginning of childbearing age, that in itself increases their risk.
Depression, on the other hand, is a larger problem. (While the causes of depression vary, this article deals only with abortion-related depression). According to a study of 1884 women conducted by the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, women who did not carry their first pregnancies to term are 65% more likely to have clinical depression around eight years later.
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The following position on abortion is the ruling of the Rabbinical Assembly's Committee of Jewish Law and Standards, and represents how Conservative Judaism understands Jewish law on this issue. While others would phrase it differently, this is also more or less how most other religious Jews understand the issue.
The official Catholic view (articulated in Humanae Vitae), shared by some other Christians, is that interference with the human reproductive process is sinful and therefore forbidden--when souls are to enter and exit the world is a matter for God to determine, not man. Abortion should never be used as a method of birth control, they say. In the more traditional religious view, an acceptable limited means of practicing birth control would be to abstain from intercourse outside of marriage; commonly, "natural family planning" and sterilization are advocated for those for whom other forms of birth control are forbidden by religion, although the Catholic Church also frowns on sterilization if its purpose is solely as contraception and not for other health reasons.
Protestant views on abortion vary considerably. In Evangelical churches, especially in the United States, the view is widely held that abortion is infanticide and therefore always wrong. However this is not a universal view, and few Evangelical churches hold it as a doctrine. The Bible contains no specific prohibition on abortion, although several passages are widely held to indicate that life begins at conception, in which case a ban on abortion follows logically.
Few Protestant churches agree with the principle of 'abortion on demand'. More liberal protestants usually agree that there should be restrictions on abortion, and disagree over exactly what those restrictions should be. Anglican churches usually fall into this category.
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Judaism
Judaism holds that the fetus is not yet a full human being, and thus killing a fetus is not murder. Abortion - in restricted circumstances - has always been legal under Jewish law. Judaism prefers that such abortions, when necessary, take place before the first 40 days. Christians who agree with these Jewish views may refer to this idea as abortion before the "quickening" of the soul by God in the fetus. Christianity
Early Christians lived under Roman law which permitted both abortion and infanticide. Given the generally ineffective or dangerous methods of abortion available at the time, unwanted children were sometimes carried to term by Roman women, and abandoned to die of exposure. Unlike infanticide, to which the early Christians reacted with intervention and strongly opposed teaching, it is less certain how the earliest Christians regarded abortion. Some argue that writings against infanticide are sometimes mistaken for anti-abortion teaching. Others believe that these works provide evidence that early Christians saw no difference in principle, between abortion and infanticide. The four gospels offer no statements about abortion as such, and offer no new prohibitions. Many early Christian writers condemned abortion more explicitly. The Didache, which some scholars date between A.D 70 - 170, comments on the commandment, "you shall do nothing to any man that you would not wish to be done to yourself", by saying,
In the second century, Tertullian defended Christianity from accusations of practicing human sacrifice by writing,
By the third century, abortion is commonly listed among the crimes of men, but some wonder whether Christians may have allowed exceptions to their teachings against it. In the fourth century, Gregory of Nyssa wrote that Christians believe that there is one principle of life from embryo to adulthood (as opposed to two, as assumed in Roman law). In the same century, John Chrysostom denounced married men who encouraged their prostitutes to get abortions, saying,
The view that life begins at conception is often, but not necessarily, based on religious belief. For example, the Roman Catholic Church--one of the most vocal opponents of abortion--holds that the soul enters the zygote at conception (or a soul is then created). A naïve interpretation of this view has led some opponents of it to ask what happens in borderline cases, such as when a zygote splits into two or more cells (as when identical twins are formed). According to Catholic belief, in such cases each zygote has already had a soul made for them. Catholics believe that God knows every person that will be created, so the problem of souls entering zygotes is moot.Roman Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
While the Orthodox do not share Catholicism's objections to all contraception, they agree that life begins at conception, and that abortion is the taking of a human life. This view is reflected in their observance of the Feast of the Annunciation, when Jesus was conceived, and also of the feast of the conception of the Virgin Mary and the feast of the conception of John the Forerunner. Today, many Orthodox leaders have also spoken out against euthanasia and human cloning as related practices that reflect a devaluation of human life.Protestant
Islam
Islam discourages abortion, but allows it as permissible under certain circumstances.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Abortion."
Synonym: AbortionSynonym: miscarriage (n). (additional references) |
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Failure | Noun: failure; nonsuccess, nonfulfillment; dead failure, successlessness; abortion, miscarriage; brutum fulmen; labor in vain; (inutility); no go; inefficacy; inefficaciousness; Adjective: vain attempt, ineffectual attempt, abortive attempt, abortive efforts; flash in the pan, "lame and impotent conclusion"; frustration; slip 'twixt cup and lip; (disappointment). |
Nonpreparation | Immaturity, crudity; rawness; Adjective:; abortion; disqualification. |
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Screenplays | I want the entire history of this device, from birth to abortion on my desk in 2 hours (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi) Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion! (Airplane!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker) Honeymoon? I thought you went to get an abortion! (Looking for Mr. Goodbar; writing credit: Richard Brooks; Judith Rossner) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Act of Abortion (1972) Abortion at Will in the First 12 Weeks (1971) London's Dilemma Abortion (1970) Abortion! (1967) Illegal Abortion (1966) | |
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 | Abortion Advertisements. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | No return to backstreet abortion Catriona Sinclair. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | 'But don't you see? If the Democratic Party is to stay young and vigorous we just had to drop the abortion plank'. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Women unite : demonstrate March 28 ... against New York abortion laws. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Free abortion on demand : every child a wanted child, every mother a willing mother : confront Ottawa Feb. 13. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Albany demonstration : attempts are being made in Albany to restrict the abortion law and deny women the right to control ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Abortion Action Week, May 1-6, 1972. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Enforced labour : repeal the abortion laws. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Vote Socialist Workers : billions for jobs, not war, stop FBI and CIA crimes, desegregate the schools, defend abortion rights. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Demonstrate against government attacks on abortion rights!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Roe v. Wade | 1973 | A licensed physician (Hallford), who had two state abortion prosecutions pending against him, was permitted to intervene. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Exhaustion ended in abortion. |
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Health | They can cause spontaneous abortion or death. (references) | |
Septicemia, abortion, localized infections, arthritis, hemolytic uremic syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, death. (references) | ||
The most severe impact is observed in pregnant livestock infected with RVF, which results in abortion of virtually 100% of fetuses. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | China | This dilemma is particularly acute when discussing abortion. (references) |
Economic History | Romania | The Communist Party was outlawed, and Ceausescu's most unpopular measures, such as bans on abortion and contraception, were repealed. (references) |
Ukraine | Also, USAID is providing training and technical assistance on ways to improve reproductive health, focusing on providing family planning services and reducing the use of abortion. (references) | |
Human Rights | Japan | Forced abortion and sterilization procedures were performed on some of the patients during their confinement. (references) |
China | The Ministry of Health implements the law, which recommends abortion or sterilization in some cases, based on medical advice. (references) | |
China | Central Government policy formally prohibits the use of force to compel persons to submit to abortion or sterilization; however, intense pressure to meet family planning targets set by the Government has resulted in documented instances in which local family planning officials have used coercion, including forced abortion and sterilization, to meet Government goals. (references) | |
Political Economy | China | Violence against women (including imposition of a sometimes coercive birth control policy, including instances of forced abortion and forced sterilization); prostitution; discrimination against women; abuse of children; and discrimination against persons with disabilities and minorities are all problems. (references) |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | The question of abortion grips our nation. |
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| "Abortion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.74% of the time. "Abortion" is used about 1,163 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.74% | 1,160 | 6,630 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.17% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,163 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "abortion": Abortion Applicants ♦ abortion by another ♦ abortion by the pregnant woman ♦ abortion pill ♦ abortion provider ♦ abortion rate ♦ abortion ratio ♦ abortion risk ♦ applicant for abortion ♦ artificial abortion ♦ backstreet abortion ♦ cause abortion ♦ chlamydial abortion of ewes ♦ contagious abortion ♦ contagious abortion of sows ♦ criminal abortion ♦ enzootic abortion of ewes ♦ enzootic abortion of sheep ♦ enzootic ovine abortion ♦ get an abortion ♦ habitual abortion ♦ have an abortion ♦ imminent abortion ♦ in favour of abortion ♦ incomplete abortion ♦ induced abortion ♦ infectious abortion ♦ late abortion ♦ law on abortion ♦ loop abortion ♦ partial abortion ♦ porcine epidemical abortion ♦ provoked abortion ♦ spontaneous abortion ♦ therapeutic abortion ♦ threatened abortion ♦ voluntary abortion. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "abortion": abortion-causing, abortion-decision, abortion-inducing drug, abortion-on-demand, abortion-related, abortion-restricting, abortion-rights. | |
Ending with "abortion": pro-abortion. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
abortion | 8,397 | history of abortion | 94 |
partial birth abortion | 971 | teen abortion | 93 |
abortion picture | 850 | abortion essay | 87 |
abortion clinic | 723 | abortion pic | 80 |
abortion pill | 614 | herbal abortion | 79 |
fact on abortion | 301 | abortion pro life | 78 |
abortion statistics | 255 | missed abortion | 75 |
abortion cost | 239 | abortion price | 75 |
abortion procedure | 201 | abortion right | 69 |
anti abortion | 174 | abortion debate | 67 |
abortion information | 170 | abortion cons | 67 |
abortion photo | 152 | late term abortion | 61 |
abortion law | 150 | abortion argument | 61 |
pro abortion | 146 | home abortion | 58 |
medical abortion | 133 | abortion alternative | 55 |
pro and cons of abortion | 131 | spontaneous abortion | 55 |
against abortion | 117 | effects of abortion | 54 |
poem about abortion | 112 | abortion video | 52 |
abortion article | 110 | abortion provider | 51 |
abortion pro choice | 97 | type of abortion | 51 |
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| Language | Translations for "abortion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | abortus, aborsie (failure, miscarriage). (various references) | |
Albanian | abort (misbirth, miscarriage), gjë e dështuar (non-starter), dështim (anticlimax, bust, collapse, come down, crash, cropper, discomfiture, fail, failing, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan, flop, frost, frustration, licking, miscarriage, no go, reverse), dështak (failure, loser). (various references) | |
Arabic | جهيض (stillborn), إجهاض إسقاط. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | несполука (down, dud, grief, knock, miscarriage, mucker, off, unhappiness), недостигане до зрялост, недоразвит орган (rudiment), недоносче, аборт (casting, foeticide, misbirth, sliping), помятане (droping, misbirth, miscarriage, sliping), изчадие (monster, spawn). (various references) | |
Chinese | 人工流" , 胎. (various references) | |
Czech | zakrnìní, potrat (miscarriage). (various references) | |
Danish | abort (failure, miscarriage). (various references) | |
Dutch | abortus (failure, miscarriage), abortus provocatus (artificial abortion, induced abortion, interruption of pregnancy, provoked abortion), miskraam (failure, miscarriage). (various references) | |
Esperanto | aborto, abortigo, malsukceso, fiasko (failure, fiasco). (various references) | |
Faeroese | miseydna (failure, fiasco). (various references) | |
Finnish | abortti (abort). (various references) | |
French | avortement (abort, aborted cycle, artificial abortion, induced abortion, provoked abortion, spontaneous abortion), avortement spontané (spontaneous abortion), avortement provoqué (artificial abortion, induced abortion, provoked abortion). (various references) | |
Frisian | mislearring. (various references) | |
German | Abtreibung (artificial abortion, criminal abortion, induced abortion, interruption of pregnancy, provoked abortion), Fehlgeburt (miscarriage), Abort (abort, lavatory, miscarriage, privy, toilet). (various references) | |
Greek | έκτρωση, άμβλωση, αποβολή (elimination, expulsion, miscarriage). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כשלון (downfall, fail, failure, fiasco, stumbling), "פל" (dropping, miscarriage, throwing down), פל (aborted fetus, untimely birth). (various references) | |
Hungarian | abortusz (failure, miscarriage, still-birth), vetélés (miscarriage), torzszülött (freak of nature, lusus nature, monster, monstrous birth), torzalak, kudarc (beating, bust, defeat, discomfiture, failure, fiasco, fizzle, kick in the pants, miscarriage, repulse, set-back, squib, throw back), elvetélés (misbirth). (various references) | |
Icelandic | fósturlát (failure, miscarriage). (various references) | |
Indonesian | abortus, aborsi, pengguguran (discharging), keguguran (abort, have a miscarriage, miscarriage). (various references) | |
Italian | aborto (failure, freak, miscarriage). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 胎 (aborticide, miscarriage). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | に"し"ちゅうぜつ (pregnancy termination), りゅうざ" (abortive birth, miscarriage), じ""うりゅうざ", ちゅうぜつ (abeyance, discontinuance, interruption, suspension), たい (aborticide, miscarriage). (various references) | |
Korean | 낙태. (various references) | |
Manx | ruggyr neuappee, louyrys, louyran (castling, dead foetus), louyr (castling, dead foetus), geayrtnys, brey anappee. (various references) | |
Norwegian | abort, misfoster. (various references) | |
Papiamen | aborto (failure, miscarriage), frakaso (failure, fiasco). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abortionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | aborto (abort, freak, monster), abortamento (miscarriage). (various references) | |
Romanian | avorton, avort (miscarriage), monstru (abomination, fright, heteroclite, jumbo, moloch, monster, monstrosity, mooncalf), lepãdãturã (degenerate, freak, scoundrel, villain), insucces (bad job, failure, flop, licking, Miss, plough, rebuff), fiasco (failure, fiasco, naught, wash out), eşec (check, defeat, discomfiture, fail, failing, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, lame duck, miscarriage, naught, rebuff, repulsion, set back, wash out). (various references) | |
Russian | выкидыш (misbirth, miscarriage), неудача;аборт, неудача (adverseness, bad, bad luck, crab, down, dud, fail, failing, failure, fiasco, hard luck, hoodoo, ill fortune, ill success, ill-luck, mischance, misfortune, mishap, no go, rebuff, reverse, rot, setback, washout), аборт (misbirth). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | abortus. (various references) | |
Spanish | aborto (abort, failure, misbirth, miscarriage, scrub), aborto provocado (artificial abortion, induced abortion, interruption of pregnancy, provoked abortion). (various references) | |
Swedish | missfall (failure, miscarriage), abort (failure, miscarriage). (various references) | |
Turkish | kürtaj (curettage), düşük (fallen, falling, hypo-, low, miscarriage, nominal, subdued), bebek aldırma, başarısızlık (balk, bankruptcy, baulk, bomb, bust, collapse, cropper, defeat, dud, failure, fizzle, flivver, frost, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, miscarriage, reverse, setback, throwback, unsuccess, washout). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | викидень (misbirth, miscarriage, slink), невдача (bad, baffle, defection, down, fail, failing, flop, ill luck, infelicity, miscarriage, mischance, mishap, no go, setback), недоносок, аборт (misbirth). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vật dị dạng, vật đẻ non, sự sẩy thai, sự phá thai, sự nạo thai người lùn tịt, quái thai sự chết non chết yểu, đứa bé đẻ non. (various references) | |
Welsh | erthyliad, erthyl. (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abortivo, abortivum, abortus. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "abortion": abortionist, abortionists, abortions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "abortion": antiabortion, postabortion, proabortion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "abortion": antiabortionist, antiabortionists. (additional references) | |
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"Abortion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aberdaron, aberition, aberrtion, Aberthow, aboltion, aboration, aborion, aborition, abortiob, abortioned, abution, Albritton, Apocritan, aportion, Aubertin, Sabberton, Sabortini, ubitron. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "abortion" (pronounced ubô"rshun) |
| 7 | u b ô" r sh u n | antiabortion. |
| 5 | -ô" r sh u n | apportion, contortion, distortion, extortion, portion, proportion. |
| 4 | -r sh u n | martian. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, 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continuation, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, 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disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-n-o-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: biotron, oration, taborin. | |
-2 letters: aroint, bonita, bonito, obtain, ration, ratoon. | |
-3 letters: aboon, abort, bairn, baron, baton, biont, biota, boart, boron, brain, brant, intro, nitro, noria, orbit, ratio, riant, robin, robot, taboo, tabor, train, trona. | |
-4 letters: abri, airn, airt, anti, bait, bani, barn, bint, boar, boat, boon, boor, boot, bora, born, bort, bota, bran, brat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-n-o-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: abortions, probation. | |
+2 letters: abominator, abrogation, absorption, obturation, probations. | |
+3 letters: abominators, abortionist, abrogations, absorptions, approbation, botheration, bromination, carbonation, combinatory, conurbation, elaboration, embrocation, objurgation, obscuration, observation, obturations, proabortion, probational, probationer, reprobation, subornation, subrogation. | |
+4 letters: abolitionary, abortionists, antiabortion, approbations, arborization, botherations, brominations, carbonations, conurbations, elaborations, embrocations, honorability, motorboating, objurgations, obliteration, obscurations, observations, postabortion, probationary, probationers, reprobations, robotization, strobilation, subordinator, subornations, subrogations, urbanologist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Historic 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Bibliography |
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