'abridge' definitions:
Definition of 'abridge'
(from WordNet)
verb
Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate]
verb
Lessen, diminish, or curtail; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"
Synonyms of 'abridge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- abstract,
- bereave,
- bleed,
- blot out,
- blue-pencil,
- bob,
- boil down,
- bowdlerize,
- brief,
- cancel,
- capsule,
- capsulize,
- censor,
- clip,
- compress,
- condense,
- contract,
- crop,
- cross out,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- delete,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- deprive,
- deprive of,
- digest,
- diminish,
- disentitle,
- divest,
- dock,
- downgrade,
- drain,
- ease one of,
- edit,
- edit out,
- elide,
- epitomize,
- erase,
- expunge,
- expurgate,
- foreshorten,
- kill,
- lessen,
- lighten one of,
- limit,
- lower,
- milk,
- mine,
- minify,
- minimize,
- mow,
- narrow,
- nip,
- nutshell,
- omit,
- outline,
- pare,
- poll,
- pollard,
- prune,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- rescind,
- restrict,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- rub out,
- scale down,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- simplify,
- sketch,
- sketch out,
- slash,
- snub,
- step down,
- strike,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- stunt,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take away from,
- take from,
- take in,
- tap,
- telescope,
- trim,
- truncate,
- tune down,
- void