- abridgment
- n1. digest, epitome; compendium, survey, synopsis, abstract, summary, precis, conspectus, prospectus; syllabus, resume, brief, outline, sketch.2. shortening, contraction, contracting, cutting down, abbreviation, abbreviating, condensation, condensing, compression, compressing, concentration, concentrating; reduction, reducing, retrenchment, retrenching, decrease, decreasing, lessening, shrinkage, shrinking, narrowing, bridging, subtraction, subtracting, subduction, subducting, curtailing; obtrunca-tion, detruncation, truncation, cut, cutting off or back or short, slashing, clipping, shearing, shaving, trimming, pruning, nipping, lopping, lopping off, docking.3. deprivation, divestiture, dispossession, debaring, disinheriting, shutting off, cutting off, shutting out, bereavement, despoiling, stripping.4. compactness, tightness, narrowness, narrow straits, squeeze, tight squeeze, bind, confined or restricted space, confinement; restriction, limitation, curtailment; loss, shortage, diminution.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.