What (who) is abridgment - definition

CONDENSING OR REDUCTION OF A BOOK OR OTHER CREATIVE WORK INTO A SHORTER FORM

Abridgement

abridgment

Shortening, compression, condensation, compacting, contraction, diminution, reduction, curtailment, retrenchment. See abbreviation.

Compendium, compend, epitome, summary, abstract, digest, synopsis, syllabus, breviary, brief, conspectus, outline, bird's-eye view.

Deprivation, dispossession, limitation, restriction.

Abridgment

·noun That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.

II. Abridgment ·noun An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an Abbreviation.

III. Abridgment ·noun The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.

Rolle's Abridgment

Roll. Abr.

Un Abridgment des plusiers Cases et Resolutions del Common Ley, Alphabeticalment Digest desouth severall Titles (called Rolle's Abridgment, abbreviated Roll. Abr.

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Wikipedia

Abridgment

An abridgment (British spelling abridgement) is a condensing or reduction of a book or other creative work into a shorter form while maintaining the unity of the source. The abridgment can be true to the original work in terms of mood and tone, capturing the parts the abridging author perceives to be most important; it could be a complete parody of the original or it could fall anywhere in between, generally capturing the tone and message of the original author but falling short in some manner or subtly twisting their words and message to favor a different interpretation or agenda.

A written work may be abridged to make it more accessible to a wider audience; for example, to make an adaptation of it as an audio book or a television show, to make a more convenient companion to an already-established work or to create a shorter reference version.

Unabridged is the opposite of abridged. A common example is an unabridged dictionary.

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Examples of use of abridgment

1. The company, which likes to bill itself as "the bad boys of abridgment", has had four troupes travelling the world and one show ran for 10 years in London‘s West End.

2. The second was when he was talking about the abridgment of women‘s rights under the Taliban, and he said something like, ‘American women don‘t have the right not to find images of themselves in swimsuits on the side of a bus.‘ Some people in the auditorium hissed.

3. Last month, a Russian prosecutor decided the petitioners were right, and began investigating the heads of a Jewish organization that distributed a Russian translation of the Kitzur Shulhan Aruch (a 1'th–century abridgment of the collection of Jewish religious rules from the 16th century). The harsh responses from Israel and other countries led the Russian attorney general to announce he was closing the case.