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.

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.