abortment

English

Etymology

abort +‎ -ment

Noun

abortment (plural abortments)

  1. (obsolete) Abortion. [Attested from the early 17th century until the late 19th century.][1]

References
  1. “abortment” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.
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