All abridgement synonyms
a·bridg·ment
A a noun abridgement
- capsule — A capsule is a very small tube containing powdered or liquid medicine, which you swallow.
- abbreviation — An abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase, made by leaving out some of the letters or by using only the first letter of each word.
- compendium — A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.
- condensation — Condensation consists of small drops of water which form when warm water vapour or steam touches a cold surface such as a window.
- outline — the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- abstract — An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
- brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- lessening — to become less.
- precis — a concise summary.
- synopsis — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
- cutting — A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
- diminution — the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
- reducing — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- conspectus — an overall view; survey
- digest — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- precis — a concise summary.
- abridgment — a shortened version of a written work
- diminishment — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
- summary — a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.