abridgment
noun
abridg·ment ə-ˈbrij-mənt 
variants or abridgement
1
: the action of abridging something : the state of being abridged
abridgment of rights
a book shortened by careful abridgment
2
: a shortened form of a work retaining the general sense and unity of the original
reading an abridgment of the original book
Synonyms
- abbreviation
- bowdlerization
- condensation
- digest
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Example Sentences
this Italian-English pocket dictionary is an abridgment of the hardback edition
Recent Examples on the Web Worcester’s abridgment of Webster appeared in 1829, and then Worcester’s own dictionary in 1830. 
Bryan A. Garner, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022 Project Veritas also sent a letter to Politico stating its views on the news outlet’s abridgment. Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021 But Oakeshott’s most vehement critique of rationalism was its abridgment of the poetic aspect of the human condition. Nate Hochman, National Review, 18 Dec. 2020 On the other hand, his decision to allow the country’s security services to electronically monitor the movements of those who have been ordered into quarantine does raise real concerns about the abridgment of civil liberties. Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, 20 Mar. 2020 The conductor Lothar Koenigs, working with an abridgment of the score that loses the overture and entire numbers, drew elegance and breadth from the Met orchestra and chorus. New York Times, 16 Dec. 2019 Businesses are routinely targeted with six- or seven-figure lawsuits over what are often clerical or good-faith abridgments of the state’s 1,100-page labor code. Tom Manzo, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2019 In 40 years, researchers have failed to build abridgments of QCD that fit the data much better than the naive quark model. Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2014 Lawyers for Eric Loomis stood before the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in April 2016, and argued that their client had experienced a uniquely 21st-century abridgment of his rights: Mr. Loomis had been discriminated against by a computer algorithm.... Christopher Mims, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2019 See More
Bryan A. Garner, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022 Project Veritas also sent a letter to Politico stating its views on the news outlet’s abridgment. Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021 But Oakeshott’s most vehement critique of rationalism was its abridgment of the poetic aspect of the human condition. Nate Hochman, National Review, 18 Dec. 2020 On the other hand, his decision to allow the country’s security services to electronically monitor the movements of those who have been ordered into quarantine does raise real concerns about the abridgment of civil liberties. Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, 20 Mar. 2020 The conductor Lothar Koenigs, working with an abridgment of the score that loses the overture and entire numbers, drew elegance and breadth from the Met orchestra and chorus. New York Times, 16 Dec. 2019 Businesses are routinely targeted with six- or seven-figure lawsuits over what are often clerical or good-faith abridgments of the state’s 1,100-page labor code. Tom Manzo, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2019 In 40 years, researchers have failed to build abridgments of QCD that fit the data much better than the naive quark model. Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2014 Lawyers for Eric Loomis stood before the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in April 2016, and argued that their client had experienced a uniquely 21st-century abridgment of his rights: Mr. Loomis had been discriminated against by a computer algorithm.... Christopher Mims, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English abbreggement, borrowed from Anglo-French abregement, from abreger "to abridge" + -ment -ment
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
abridgment
noun
abridg·ment
variants or abridgement
ə-ˈbrij-mənt
: a shortened form of a written work
abridgments
noun
variants or abridgements
as in overviews
a shortened version of a written work this Italian-English pocket dictionary is an abridgment of the hardback edition Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- overviews
- condensations
- abstracts
- abbreviations
- outlines
- digests
- summaries
- recapitulations
- bowdlerizations
- summarizations
- summations
- synopses
- précis
- sketches
- surveys
- aperçus
- syllabi
- résumés
- recaps
- briefs
- sums
- resumes
- syllabuses
- tabloids
- reviews
- resumés
- capsules
- wrap-ups
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- expansions
- elaborations
- enlargements
- amplifications