1) Abridgement 2) Boildown 3) Capsule 4) Compendium or synopsis 5) Condensation 6) Summary 7) The state of being abridged
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• (n.) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses. • (n.) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. • (n.) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time p...
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A·bridg'ment (-brĭj'm
e nt)
noun [ Middle English
abregement . See
Abridge .]
1. The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an
abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
2. An epitome or co...
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An abridgment is a shortened version of a document or book, which retains the general essence of the original.
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abridgment, abridgement 1. The act or process of abridging or shortening; a shortening of time or labor; a curtailment of privileges. 2. A compendium of a larger work, with the details abridged, and less important things omitted, but retaining the sense and substance; an epitome, or abstract. 3. Abridgment, or abridgement, appeared c. 1494, borrow...
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a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents:War and Peace. an abridgment of Tolstoy's · the act or process of abridging. · the state of being abridged. · reduction or curtailment: abridgment of civil rights.
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a shortened version of a written work
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