Definition for Abridgment:

• The act of abridging; the state of being abridged; an epitome or abstract. abridgement.

Synonyms for Abridgment:

• n.

  •
  • cutting.
  •
  • brief.
  •
  • words.
  •abridgement (noun)
  • abridgement.
  •abridgment (noun)
  • capsule,
  • condensation.
  •abstract (noun)
  • out lines,
  • out-lines,
  • out line,
  • out-line.
  •contraction (noun)
  • drawing together,
  • deflation,
  • deflations,
  • shrinking,
  • elisions,
  • tensing,
  • decreasings,
  • lessening,
  • elision,
  • reducing.
  •epitome (noun)
  • re capitulations,
  • re-capitulations,
  • re capitulation,
  • re-capitulation.
  •recap (noun)
  • RE-CAP.
  •restraint (noun)
  • straitjacket,
  • straitjackets,
  • pinion,
  • pinions.
  •run-through (noun)
  • runthrough.
  •shortness (noun)
  • Stumpiness,
  • brevity,
  • succinctness,
  • puniness,
  • runtiness,
  • shortness,
  • smallness,
  • conciseness,
  • compaction,
  • lowness.
  •summary (noun)
  • re-hash,
  • ex-tracts,
  • re-hashes,
  • wrap-ups,
  • re hash,
  • re-views,
  • wrapup,
  • wrapups,
  • sum substances,
  • re hashes,
  • re view,
  • long and short it,
  • long short it,
  • sum substance,
  • ex-tract,
  • wrap ups,
  • re views,
  • sum and substances,
  • long short of it,
  • re-view,
  • ex tract.
  •summing-up (noun)
  • summingup.
  •synopsis (noun)
  • compendium,
  • overview,
  • excerpt,
  • digest,
  • resume,
  • outline,
  • precis,
  • sketch.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • reduction.
  •
  • lack,
  • restraint.
  •
  • economy.
  •summary
  • capitulation.
  •Other relevant words:
  • disentitlement,
  • sum,
  • decrescence,
  • depreciation,
  • coarctation,
  • breviary,
  • deduction,
  • decrepit,
  • decrement,
  • Deprivement,
  • sleazy,
  • decrease,
  • Compend,
  • editing,
  • shabby,
  • subtraction,
  • expurgation,
  • bowdlerization,
  • Foreshortening,
  • textbook,
  • ejection seat,
  • concision,
  • report,
  • effete,
  • deletion,
  • draughtsman,
  • omission,
  • disburdening,
  • draughty,
  • abbreviation,
  • head,
  • contents,
  • Divestment,
  • recapitulation,
  • heads,
  • limitation,
  • aphorism,
  • condensate,
  • survey,
  • dying,
  • Decurtation,
  • run through,
  • diminution,
  • retrenchment,
  • draft,
  • privation,
  • truncation,
  • censoring,
  • epigram,
  • declension,
  • sagging,
  • shortening,
  • type,
  • run-down,
  • lowering,
  • condensing,
  • dingy,
  • summing up,
  • liquefaction,
  • dampening,
  • Telescoping,
  • miniaturization,
  • alleviation,
  • Damping,
  • skeleton,
  • rubric,
  • review,
  • deprivation,
  • blue-penciling,
  • Abbreviature,
  • ellipsis,
  • abatement,
  • simplicity,
  • threadbare,
  • erasure,
  • space capsule,
  • curtailment,
  • laconism,
  • disabled,
  • compression,
  • letup,
  • thumbnail sketch,
  • conspectus,
  • tacky,
  • censorship,
  • portmanteau word,
  • mitigation,
  • summation,
  • squalid,
  • Languishment,
  • attenuation,
  • dilapidated,
  • scruffy,
  • rundown,
  • syllabus,
  • Diminishment,
  • relaxation,
  • fade out,
  • ragged,
  • extenuation,
  • Relieving,
  • apocope,
  • embodiment,
  • derelict,
  • scaling down,
  • weakening,
  • note,
  • minute,
  • syncope,
  • cutback,
  • draught,
  • bereavement,
  • dying off,
  • depression,
  • cancellation,
  • ejector seat,
  • tired,
  • outlines,
  • striking,
  • Monostich,
  • analysis.

Antonyms for Abridgment:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    elaboration, expansion, amplification, enlargement.

Abridgment Sentence Examples:

• 108. Murray, in forming his own little " Abridgment," omitted it altogether.

• One of these was called " Bacon's Abridgment"; it dealt with law and it puzzled me sorely.

Homophones for Abridgment:

• abridgement.