Abortion
Abortion noun - The act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to.
Usage example: the abortion of the space mission caused the whole space program to be reexamined
Initiation is an antonym for abortion.
Initiation
Initiation noun - The process or an instance of being formally placed in an office or organization.
Abortion is an antonym for initiation.
How words are described
| involuntary | involuntary abortion | involuntary initiation |
| symbolic | symbolic abortion | symbolic initiation |
| actual | actual abortion | actual initiation |
| eventual | eventual abortion | eventual initiation |
| Other adjectives: magical. | ||
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