unabort

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ abort.

Verb

unabort (third-person singular simple present unaborts, present participle unaborting, simple past and past participle unaborted)

1. (rare) To undo an abortion (in various senses).
   • 1998 January 7, Mr. Nobody, “Re: Building a Consensus Group:”, in alt.abortion‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <34B34AA1.23F@toot-toot.com>:

     Well, she can't unabort that baby.

   • 1999 March 21, hereticfromsf <hereticfromsf@my-dejanews.com>, “Re: Post Abortion Stress Syndrome (pro-lie disinformation)”, in alt.abortion‎^[2] (Usenet), message-ID <7d3t5h$77s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>:

     She can't unabort, and trying to blame a previous abortion is rather like blaming illness on that old lady next door cursing you.

   • 2004 September 10, The Lone Weasel, “Re: Bush Piloted Guard Training Jets Just Before Disappearance”, in talk.politics.guns‎^[3] (Usenet), message-ID <Xns9560B474C36Eloneweaselyahooco@130.133.1.4>:

     He was practicing aborting his pilot training, but then he really did abort! By then it was too late to unabort, eh Herbot?

   • 2016, Chris Foote, Unbelief: Overcoming Our Days of Doubt:

     You'll never be able to unabort the baby that was alive in your womb years ago.

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• a-burton, aburton