abridgment
11abridgment — Condensation; contraction. An epitome or compendium of another and larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are summarily contained. Abridgments of the law are brief digests of the law, arranged alphabetically. In this context …
12abridgment — abridge ► VERB ▪ shorten (a text or film). DERIVATIVES abridgement (also abridgment) noun abridger noun. ORIGIN Old French abregier, from Latin abbreviare abbreviate …
13abridgment — or abridgement noun Date: 15th century 1. the action of abridging ; the state of being abridged 2. a shortened form of a work retaining the general sense and unity of the original …
14abridgment — Synonyms and related words: abatement, abbreviation, abstract, alleviation, aphorism, apocope, attenuation, bereavement, blue penciling, bowdlerization, breviary, brief, cancellation, capsule, censoring, censorship, compendium, compression,… …
15abridgment — a bridg·ment || mÉ™nt n. act of making shorter, summarizing; shortened form of something; reduction …
16abridgment — n. 1. Shortening, compression, condensation, compacting, contraction, diminution, reduction, curtailment, retrenchment. See abbreviation. 2. Compendium, compend, epitome, summary, abstract, digest, synopsis, syllabus, breviary, brief, conspectus …
17abridgment — n 1. digest, epitome; compendium, survey, synopsis, abstract, summary, precis, conspectus, prospectus; syllabus, resume, brief, outline, sketch. 2. shortening, contraction, contracting, cutting down, abbreviation, abbreviating, condensation,… …
18abridgment — abridg·ment …
19abridgment — A shortened version. 18 Am J2d Copyr § 42 …
20abridgment — noun a shortened version of a written work (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑condensation, ↑abridgement, ↑capsule • Derivationally related forms: ↑capsulize (for: ↑capsule), ↑ …
