Lewis & Short

abruptĭo, ōnis, f. [abrumpo], a breaking or tearing off, a rending asunder.

  1. I. Lit.: corrigiae, of a shoe-latchet, * Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84.
  2. II. Trop.: augurii, interruption, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 270 and 271 Müll.
    Of divorce, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 11, 3, 1.