| ABORTION | • abortion n. (Medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss… • abortion n. (Now rare) An aborted foetus; an abortus. • abortion n. (Figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity. |
| ANTIABORTION | • antiabortion adj. Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion. • anti-abortion adj. Alternative spelling of antiabortion. • ANTIABORTION adj. opposed to abortion. |
| APPORTION | • apportion v. (Transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole. • apportion v. (Transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally. • APPORTION v. to portion out. |
| CONTORTION | • contortion n. The act of contorting, twisting or deforming something, especially oneself. • contortion n. A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body. • CONTORTION n. the state of being contorted. |
| DETORTION | • detortion n. The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping. • DETORTION n. (obsolete) the act of detorting; a twisting or warping, also DETORSION. |
| DISPROPORTION | • disproportion n. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance. • disproportion n. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness. • disproportion v. (Transitive) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch. |
| DISTORTION | • distortion n. An act of distorting. • distortion n. A result of distorting. • distortion n. A misrepresentation of the truth. |
| EXTORTION | • extortion n. The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats. • EXTORTION n. the illegal securing of money by compulsion or violence. |
| INTORTION | • intortion n. Alternative form of intorsion. • INTORTION n. a twist, a twine, also INTORSION. |
| MISPROPORTION | • misproportion v. (Transitive) To give the wrong proportions to. • MISPROPORTION v. to proportion wrongly. |
| OVERPROPORTION | • overproportion v. To give something excessive proportions. • overproportion n. Excessive proportion. • OVERPROPORTION v. to make disproportionately large. |
| PORTION | • portion n. An allocated amount. • portion n. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything. • portion n. One’s fate; lot. |
| POSTABORTION | • postabortion adj. After abortion (termination of pregnancy). • POSTABORTION adj. taking place after an abortion. |
| PREPORTION | • preportion v. To divide into individual portions before use. • pre-portion v. Alternative form of preportion. • PREPORTION v. to portion in advance. |
| PROABORTION | • proabortion adj. Supportive of the practice and/or legalization of abortion. • pro-abortion adj. Alternative spelling of proabortion. • PROABORTION adj. favoring the legalization of abortion. |
| PROPORTION | • proportion n. (Countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number. • proportion n. (Uncountable) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole. • proportion n. (Countable) Proper or equal share. |
| REAPPORTION | • reapportion v. To apportion again; to redistribute or reallocate. • REAPPORTION v. to apportion (as a house of representatives) anew. |
| RETORTION | • retortion n. Alternative form of retorsion. • RETORTION n. the act of retorting or throwing back, also RETORSION. |