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   abridgement

   /əˈbrɪdʒm(ə)nt/

   noun

   • 1. the action of abridging a text.
   • ▪ a shortened version of a larger work: "an abridgement of Shakespeare's Henry VI"
   • 2. curtailment of rights: "the abridgement of the rights of ownership"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French abregement, from the verb abreg(i)er (see abridge).

   Scrabble Points: 17

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