[{"word":"abortion","phonetic":"/əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/","phonetics":[{"text":"/əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/abortion-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1755036","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An aborted foetus; an abortus.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["aborticide","embryoctony","feticide","foeticide","pregnancy","termination","aborticide","feticide","foeticide","pregnancy","termination","misbirth","miscarriage"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/abortion"]}]