abridgment
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Abridgment \A*bridg"ment\ (-br[i^]j"ment), n. [OE. 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.
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2. An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or
abridged form, esp. of a written work; an abbreviation.
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Ancient coins as abridgments of history. --Addison.
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3. That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment
that makes the time pass quickly. [Obs.]
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What abridgment have you for this evening? What
mask? What music? --Shak.
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4. a diminution or curtailment, as of legal rights.
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Syn: {Abridgment}, {Compendium}, {Epitome}, {Abstract},
{Synopsis}.
Usage: An abridgment is made by omitting the less important
parts of some larger work; as, an abridgment of a
dictionary. A compendium is a brief exhibition of a
subject, or science, for common use; as, a compendium
of American literature. An epitome corresponds to a
compendium, and gives briefly the most material points
of a subject; as, an epitome of history. An abstract
is a brief statement of a thing in its main points. A
synopsis is a bird's-eye view of a subject, or work,
in its several parts.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "abridgment":
abatement, abbreviation, abstract, alleviation, aphorism, apocope,
attenuation, bereavement, blue-penciling, bowdlerization, breviary,
brief, cancellation, capsule, censoring, censorship, compendium,
compression, condensation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment,
dampening, damping, decrease, decrement, decrescence, deduction,
deflation, deletion, depreciation, depression, deprivation,
deprivement, digest, diminishment, diminution, disburdening,
disburdenment, disentitlement, divestment, dying, dying off,
editing, elision, ellipsis, epigram, epitome, erasure, expurgation,
extenuation, fade-out, foreshortening, languishment, lessening,
letup, lowering, miniaturization, mitigation, omission, outline,
precis, privation, recap, recapitulation, reduction, relaxation,
relieving, retrenchment, sagging, scaling down, shortening,
simplicity, sketch, striking, subtraction, sum, summary, summation,
summing-up, syllabus, syncope, synopsis, telescoping, truncation,
weakening
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