abridgement

Variant of abridgment

abridgment definition

abridg·ment or abridgement abridge′·ment (ə brij′mənt)

noun

  1. an abridging or being abridged
  2. a curtailment, as of rights
  3. an abridged form, as of a book

Etymology: ME abregement < OFr < abregier: see abridge

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.