Against Definition–preposition | 1. | in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason. | | 2. | in resistance to or defense from: protection against burglars. | | 3. | in an opposite direction to: to ride against the wind. | | 4. | into contact or collision with; toward; upon: The rain beat against the window. | | 5. | in contact with: to lean against the wall. | | 6. | in preparation for; in provision for: money saved against a rainy day. | | 7. | having as background: a design of flowers against a dark wall. | | 8. | in
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. | | 9. | in competition with: a racehorse running against his own record time. | | 10. | in comparison or contrast with: a matter of reason as against emotion. | | 11. | beside; near; before: The car is against the building. | –conjunction | 12. | Archaic. before; by the time that. | —Idiom | 13. | over against, in contrast with: the rich over against the poor. | |
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Abortion Definition–noun | 1. | <
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td>Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. | 2. | any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy, esp. during the first six months. | | 4. | an immature and nonviable fetus. | | 6. | any malformed or monstrous person, thing, etc. | | 7. | Biology. the arrested development of an embryo or an organ at a more or less early stage. | | 8. | the stopping of an illness, infection, etc., at a very early stage. | | 9. | Informal. | b. | anything that fails to develop, progress, or mature, as a design or project. | | |
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