abridgment
3 synonyms and 2 antonyms for abridgment, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The act of making something shorter or of taking something away.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
The act of making something shorter or of taking something away.
2. noun
A shortened version of a book or other piece of writing.
“The article which embodied my researches having proved somewhat too long for its purpose, an abridgment of it only was inserted in the Encyclopædia.”
Opposites
Etymology
First recorded in 1494, abridgment comes from Middle English abrygement, from Middle French abrégement, and is equivalent to abridge + -ment.
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