abridgement
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[edit] English
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- abridgment (US)
[edit] Etymology
Middle English abregement, from Middle French. See abridge.
[edit] Noun
abridgement (plural abridgements)
- An act of abridging.
- A shortened version.
- A state of being abridged.
- 1788, James Madison
- I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations
- 1788, James Madison
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act of abridging
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shortened version.
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state of being abridged
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