abridgement

From abridge + -ment.

• IPA^(key): /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧bridge‧ment

abridgement (countable and uncountable, plural abridgements)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment.
   • 1960 August, “New Reading on Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 512:

     The work of abridgement has been skilfully done by excluding financial, administrative and general engineering terms.

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