abridgment
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mn̩t/
abridgment
- (US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- Synonyms: diminution, lessening, shortening
- an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses''
- (US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
- (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- (obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
- (dated, legal) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
- (legal) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
- (act of abridging) compendium, epitome, abstract, synopsis, précis
- French: raccourcissement
- Portuguese: resumo, abreviação
- Portuguese: resumo
- German: Auszug, Kurzfassung, Kurzform
- Portuguese: resumo, abreviação
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