Abridgement
/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mənt/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of abridgment. UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"The work of abridgement has been skilfully done by excluding financial, administrative and general engineering terms."
- 2 a shortened version of a written work wordnet
Example
More examples"This text requires no abridgement."
Etymology
From abridge + -ment.