Abort

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