Abridgment Synonyms

əbrijmənt
The act of reducing or shortening
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shortening
  2. reduction
  3. cutting
A shortened form of a work
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. condensation
  2. epitome
  3. abstract
  4. synopsis
  5. summary
  6. brief
  7. digest
  8. abbreviation
  9. compendium
  10. outline
  11. reduction
  12. abridgement
  13. précis
  14. breviary
  15. compend
  16. condensed version
  17. condensed form
  18. concise edition
  19. cut version
  20. edited version
  21. curtailment
  22. short-form
  23. decrease
  24. encapsulation
  25. diminution
  26. capsule form
  27. thumbnail sketch
  28. precis
  29. lessening
  30. deprivement
  31. sketch
  32. capsule
  33. disburdenment
  34. disentitlement

Abridgment Sentence Examples

  • The Latin text is much shorter than the Welsh, but we do not know whether this abridgment was made on purpose, or whether the translation is an imitation of an earlier text.

  • A popular abridgment in seven volumes was published in 1867.

  • A Latin abridgment of philosophy, dated 1784, tells us that the innate ideas of Descartes are founded on no arguments, and are now universally abandoned.

  • His Letters on the Evidences of Christianity (1815) have been several times reprinted, and an abridgment was published by the Religious Tract Society in 1853.

  • The popularity of Caelius is evidenced by the fact that in the 6th century an abridgment of his larger work was recommended by Cassiodorus to the Benedictine monks for the study of medicine.

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