ABRIDGEMENT

n. 1 shortening, reduction, abbreviation, condensation, contraction, truncation, trimming The abridgement took ten years 2 curtailment We protested against the abridgement of our right to picket 3 digest, condensation, epitome, compendium, concise edition or version, cut edition or version; synopsis, abstract, summary, précis, outline, résumé The one-volume abridgement of the dictionary is easier to use