ABRIDGEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does abridgement mean? 

• ABRIDGEMENT (noun)
  The noun ABRIDGEMENT has 1 sense:

1. a shortened version of a written work

  Familiarity information: ABRIDGEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABRIDGEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shortened version of a written work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

abridgement; abridgment; capsule; condensation

Hypernyms ("abridgement" is a kind of...):

sum-up; summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)

Derivation:

abridge (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)

 Context examples 

To this determination she was the more easily reconciled, by recollecting that Edward Ferrars, by Lucy's account, was not to be in town before February; and that their visit, without any unreasonable abridgement, might be previously finished.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)