Abridgment

Definition: Abridgment

Abridgment

Noun

1. A shortened version of a written work.

Date "abridgment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Abridgment

Synonyms: abridgement (n), capsule (n), condensation (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Compendium	Noun: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.
Conciseness	Noun: conciseness; Adjective: brevity, " the soul of wit", laconism; Tacitus; ellipsis; syncope; abridgment; (shortening); compression; epitome; monostich; brunch word, portmanteau word.
Nonincrease, Decrease	Noun: decrease, diminution; lessening; Verb: subtraction; reduction, abatement, declension; shrinking; (contraction.); coarctation; abridgment; (shortening); extenuation.
Shortness	Shortening; Verb: abbreviation, abbreviature; abridgment, concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation; reduction; (contraction); epitome; (compendium).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Abridgment

English words defined with "abridgment": Abbreviature, Abstract of title ♦ Brief of title ♦ -ment ♦ Pandect ♦ summing up, Summist. (references)

Specialty definitions using "abridgment": In Extenso ♦ statement of case ♦ trial brief. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A New and Complete Law-Dictionary, Or, General Abridgment of the Law: On a More Extensive Plan Than Any Law-Dictionary Hitherto Published: Containin (reference) An Abridgment of the Record of Lehi (reference) Excellence in Teaching With the Seven Laws: A Contemporary Abridgment of Gregory's Seven Laws of Teaching (reference) George Washington's Diaries: An Abridgment (reference) Horses: An Abridgment of Harold Roth's Big Book of Horses (All Aboard Books) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He was perfectly homogeneous, and admitted of no objection, or abridgment.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Discrimination	Sri Lanka	The Supreme Court regularly upholds court rulings in cases in which individuals file suit over the abridgment of their fundamental civil rights. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Abridgment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Abridgment" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Language		Translations for "abridgment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		oorsig (abridgement, abstract, resumé, resumй, summery). (various references)

Albanian		shkurtim (abbreviation, abridgement, clipping, contraction, crop, curtailment, cut, cutback, reduction, retrenchment, shortening, shrink, shrinkage, the ax, the axe), përmbledhje (abridgement, abstract, argument, budget, compendium, condensation, corpus, Garland, Miscellanea, miscellany, peroration, precis, reader, summary, summing up, synopsis), konspekt (abridgement, abstract, compendium, conspectus, epitome, note, scheme, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis). (various references)

Chinese		节略 (abridgement). (various references)

Czech		zkrácení (contraction, curtailment). (various references)

Danish		udtog (summary), sammendrag (abridged version, brief version, condensed version, summary), resume (summary). (various references)

Dutch		verkorte inhoud (summary), uittreksel (abridgement, abstract, extract, resumé, summary, summery), samenvatting (abridgement, abstract, resumé, summary, summery). (various references)

Finnish		lyhennys (abbreviation, shortening). (various references)

French		abrégé (abbr., abbreviated, abridged document, abridgement, abstract). (various references)

German		Auszug (abstract, departure, elixir, epitome, excerpt, exodus, extension, extract, move, procession, provision for retired farmers, pull, pullout, recession, retirement, settlement on retirement, summary, syllabus, walkout), kurzfassung (abbreviated version, abridged version, abridgement, abstract, brief version, condensed version, summary), Kompendium (compendium, lens hood, summary), kürzung (abatement, abridgement, ax, axe, cancellation, curtailment, cut, cutback, reduction, retrenchment, shortage, shortening), gekürzte ausgabe. (various references)

Greek		σύντμηση (abbreviation, abridgement), σύνοψη (abridgement, abstract, breviary, compendium, condensation, digest, missal, overview, summary, summation, synopsis). (various references)

Hungarian		kivonat (abridgement, abstract, digest, educt, epitome, essence, excerpt, extract, extraction), rövidítés (abbreviation, abridgement, contraction, redaction, short), jogkorlátozás (abridgement). (various references)

Italian		compendio (abridgement, abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, digest, epitome, excerpt, extract, outline, overview, short, summary, syllabus). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		省略 (abbreviation, omission). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょうりゃく (abbreviation, business policy, omission). (various references)

Korean		초본 (abridgement, herbal). (various references)

Pig Latin		abridgmentay.(various references)

Portuguese		resumo (abridgement, abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, digest, docket, epitomize, excerpt, extract, playbill, precis, resume, summary, summery, syllabus, synopsis). (various references)

Romanian		abreviere (abbreviating, abbreviation, abridgement), simplificare (abridgement, simplification), scurtare (abridgement, curtailment), rezumat (abridgement, abstract, argument, brief, capsule, compendium, conclusion, digest, docket, epitome, recapitulation, resume, sketch, summary, synopsis), reducere (abatement, abridgement, compression, contraction, curtailment, cut, deflation, degression, derogation, discount, dockage, drawback, drop, rebate, reduction, retrenchment, sinking), prescurtare (abbreviation, abridgement, contraction, curtailment, shortening), limitare (abridgement, confinement, finitess, limitation, narrow mindedness, restriction, stint), conspect (abridgement, abstract, conspectus, outline, summary, syllabus). (various references)

Russian		сокращение (abbr, abbrev, abbreviation, abridgement, breviary, cancellation, constriction, contraction, curtailment, cutback, cutting down, dockage, сокр., reduction, retrenchment, shortening, shrinkage, shrinking). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		skraćenje (abbreviation, abridgement, curtailment). (various references)

Spanish		resumen (abridgement, abstract, conspectus, precis, recap, recapitulation, resumé, resume, summary, summation, summery, summing up), compendio (abridgement, compendium, condensation, digest, epitome, overview, shortening, summary). (various references)

Swedish		förkortning (abbreviation, abridgement, contraction, shortening). (various references)

Ukranian		скорочення (abatement, abbreviation, abridgement, ax, axe, cancellation, castration, contraction, curtailment, cutback, pruning, retraction, retrenchment), скорочений текст (abridgement), короткий виклад (abridgement, capsule), конспект (abridgement, abstract, compendium, conspectus, epitome, outline, precis, recap, recapitulation, scheme, summary, syllabus, workbook), обмеження (abridgement, circumscription, confinement, corslet, cramp, derogation, limitation, qualification, restraint, restriction, stint, swaddling clothes). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự tóm tắt (abbreviation, abridgement, summarization), sự rút ngắn (abridgement), sự giảm bớt (abatement, abridgement, decrement, diminution, taking-in), sự cô gọn (abridgement), sách tóm tắt sự hạn chế (abridgement), b� i tóm tắt sách (abridgement). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	epitome. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "abridgment": abridgments. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "abridgment" (pronounced 'A*bridg"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement, Annulment, Anointment, Apartment, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Arraignment, Arrestment, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentment, Assessment, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assythment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attendment, Attirement, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avisement, Avouchment, Bailment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Befriendment, Beguilement, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Bewailment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bisegment, Blastment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bushment, Butment, Cajolement, Casement, Catchment, Cerement, Cessment, Chatoyment, Cloyment, Coadjustment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Compartment, Compilement, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Condolement, Confinement, Confutement, Congealment, Conjurement, Consignment, Containment, Contentment, Contrivement, Controlment, Convincement, Copartment, Counterrolment, Curtailment, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decidement, Declarement, Decorement, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degradement, Delayment, Denotement, Denouncement, Department, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Desightment, Designment, Despisement, Despoilment, Detachment, Detainment, Determent, Dethronement, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappointment, Disarrangement, Disarrayment, Disavowment, Disbandment, Disbarment, Disbursement, Discernment, Discontentment, Diseasement, Disembarkment, Disemboguement, Disemployment, Disenchantment, Disendowment, Disengagement, Disenthrallment, Disgorgement, Disguisement, Disimprovement, Disinterment, Disinthrallment, Dislodgment, Dismastment, Disobligement, Disownment, Dispatchment, Disportment, Disposement, Distillment, Divergement, Divestment, Divinement, Divorcement, Easement, Effacement, Ejectment, Eloignment, Eloinment, Elopement, Embalmment, Embankment, Embarkment, Embasement, Embayment, Embedment, Emboitement, Embossment, Emboyssement, Embracement, Embranchment, Embreathement, Embroilment, Embushment, Empalement, Emplacement, Employment, Enactment, Encampment, Encasement, Encashment, Enchainment, Enchantment, Enclavement, Encroachment, Encrustment, Encystment, Endearment, Endictment, Endowment, Enduement, Endurement, Enfeoffment, Enfoldment, Enforcement, Engagement, Engorgement, Engraffment, Engrailment, Engravement, Engrossment, Engulfment, enhancement, Enjoinment, Enjoyment, Enlacement, Enlargement, Enlistment, Enouncement, Enragement, Enrichment, Enrockment, Enrollment, Enslavement, Enswathement, Entailment, Entassment, Entertainment, Enthrallment, Enthronement, Enticement, Entombment, Entrancement, Entreatment, Entwinement, Enwrapment, Epaulement, Equipment, Erasement, Escapement, Escarpment, Eschewment, Espousement, Estrangement, Estrepement, Evincement, Evolvement, Exaltment, Excitement, Excusement, Exertment, Exhalement, Exhaustment, Explorement, Extolment, Farcement, Feoffment, figment, fitment, Fleshment, Forcement, Foreappointment, Forebodement, Forejudgment, fragment, Freshment, Frightment, fulfillment, garment, Gazement, Imbankment, Imbowment, Imbruement, Imbrutement, Imbuement, Imbursement, Immoment, immurement, Impackment, impairment, Impartment, impeachment, impingement, Imposement, impressment, improvement, Impugnment, Incagement, incasement, Incensement, incitement, Incommodement, Increasement, Incrustment, Indebtment, Indentment, indictment, Inditement, Indorsement, Indowment, inducement, Induement, Indulgement, Infeoffment, Infoldment, infringement, Ingraftment, Ingulfment, Insignment, installment, instillment, Insultment, Intendment, Interchangement, Interlacement, interment, internment, Inthrallment, Intombment, intrenchment, Introducement, Intwinement, Inurement, investment, Invitement, involvement, judgment, jument, Lavement, Ledgment, lodgment, loment, maladjustment, Maltreament, Mandment, Manurement, Mendment, Misadjustment, Misallotment, Misarrangement, Misemployment, Misimprovement, Misjudgment, misplacement, misstatement. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-g-i-m-n-r-t"
	-2 letters: bearding, berating, breading, breaming, debating, derating, dreaming, emigrant, gradient, margined, midrange, migrated, rebating, redating, remating, tabering, treading.
	-3 letters: abridge, ambient, antired, barding, bartend, beading, beaming, bearing, beating, birdman, birdmen, brained, brigade, brigand, darting, deraign, detrain, dingbat, dirtbag, dragnet, gambier, garment, germina, gradine, grained, granite, granted, gratine, inarmed, ingrate, mangier, margent, marting, mediant, megabit, metring, migrant, migrate, minaret, mintage, ragtime, raiment, reading, readmit, reaming, redbait, tangier, teaming, tearing, tegmina, terming, trading, trained, triaged, tribade.
	-4 letters: abider, admire, aidmen, aigret, airmen, airted, ardent, argent, arming, badger, badmen, bagmen, baited, baiter, bander, bandit, banged, banger, banter, barged, baring, barite, barmen, barmie, bating, batmen, bedamn, begird, begirt, begrim, binate, binder, binged, binger, bregma, bridge, brined, daimen, damner, danger, daring, dating, degami, denari, detain, dinger, dreamt, earing, eating, engird, engirt, engram, enigma, etamin, gained, gainer, gaited, gaiter, gambir, gambit, gamier, gamine, gander, garbed, garden, garnet, german, girned, girted, graben, gradin, grated, gratin, grimed, imaged, imager, imaret, inbred, ingate, inmate, magnet, maiden, maigre, manger, mantid, margin, marine, marted, marten, martin, mating, median, medina, meting, midget, minder, minted, minter, mirage, mitred, nidget, ragmen, rained, ranged, ranted, ratine, rating, reagin, rebait, rebind, reding, regain, regina, remain, remand, remind, remint, retain, retina, riband, rident, ringed, tamein, taming, tandem, tanged, taring, terbia, timber, timbre, tinder, tinged, tirade, triage, trined.
	-5 letters: abide, admen, admit, agent, aider, aimed, aimer, aired, amber, ambit, amend, ament, amide, amine, anger, anime, anted, antre, ardeb, armed, armet, badge, bairn, baned, barde, bared, barge, bated, beard, bedim, began, begat, begin, being, bider, bidet, binge, biter, braid, brain, brand, brant, bread, bream, brent, bride, brine, bring, dater, deair, debar, debit, deign, demit, denar, denim, derat, derma, dimer, dinar, diner, dinge, dirge, drain, dream, embar, entia, gambe, gamed, gamer, gamin, garni, gated, giant, gibed, giber, grade, grain, grand, grant, grate, great, gride, grime, grind, image, imbed, inarm, inert, inter, irade, irate, madre, maned, mange, marge, mated, mater, matin, mbira, meant, media, menad, menta, merit, midge, minae, mined, miner, mired, miter, mitre, nadir, named, namer, niter, nitre, rabid, raged, ramen, ramet, ramie, range, ranid, rated, rebid, redan, redia, regma, regna, reign, reman, remit, renig, retag, retia, riant, ridge, rimed, taber, tabid, tamed, tamer, tared, targe, teind, tenia, terai, terga, tiger, timed, timer, tinea, tined, tinge, tired, trade, tragi, train, tread, trend, triad, tribe, tried, trine.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-g-i-m-n-r-t"
	+1 letter: abridgement, abridgments, drumbeating.
	+2 letters: abridgements, drumbeatings.
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