abridgment: Meaning and Definition of
a•bridg•ment
Pronunciation: (u-brij'munt), [key] — n.
- a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents:War and Peace. an abridgment of Tolstoy's
- the act or process of abridging.
- the state of being abridged.
- reduction or curtailment: abridgment of civil rights.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.