abridgement
noun/əˈbrɪdʒmənt/
/əˈbrɪdʒmənt/
(also abridgment)
[uncountable, countable]- the process of making a book, play, etc. shorter by leaving parts out; a version of a book, play, etc. that has been made shorter in this way
- Abridgement of this complex text was extremely difficult.
- an abridgement of Forster’s ‘Life of Dickens’
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