ALL meanings of abridgment
a·bridg·ment
A a - noun abridgment a shortened version of a written work 3
- noun abridgment the act of abridging or state of being abridged 3
- noun abridgment an abridging or being abridged 3
- noun abridgment a curtailment, as of rights 3
- noun abridgment an abridged form, as of a book 3
- noun abridgment act of condensing a written work 1
- noun abridgment condensed version of a written work 1
- noun abridgment law: shortening 1
- noun abridgment A shortened version of a larger work. 1
- noun abridgment a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents: an abridgment of Tolstoy's War and Peace. 1
- noun abridgment the act or process of abridging. 1
- noun abridgment the state of being abridged. 1
- noun abridgment reduction or curtailment: abridgment of civil rights. 1
- noun abridgment (US) The act of abridging; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses. 0
- noun abridgment (US) The state of being abridged or lessened. 0
- noun abridgment (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. 0
- noun abridgment (Obsolete (No longer in use)) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly. 0
- noun abridgment (dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases. 0