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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