0 a book, play, or piece of writing that has been made shorter by removing some details or less important information: --
1 the act of reducing someone's freedom, rights, etc., or an instance of this: --
The measure establishes a dangerous precedent in the abridgement of human liberty.
He says there are laws which are completely unethical and an abridgment of freedom.
There are also indications that the present work is an abridgment of a significantly larger work.
An abridgment was published by the author himself in 1703.
Such assurance of privacy falls far short of an abridgment of freedom of the press.
Provided with new annotations and a revised translation, the book presents an abridgment revealing the historical chronology.
The breadth of legislative abridgment must be viewed in the light of less drastic means for achieving the same basic purpose.
There are hundreds of "kokugo" dictionaries in print, ranging from huge multivolume tomes to paperback abridgments.
However, aside from a slight abridgment of the dialogue, this is the only major difference between the manga and the anime.
It will therefore mean a considerable abridgment of official labour and expense.
