aborting

verb

1. 1.(now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
2. 2.To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
3. 3.To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
4. 4.To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
5. 5.To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.