define abridgment
aâ¢bridgâ¢ment (É brijâ²mÉnt),USA pronunciation n. 1  a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents:an abridgment of Tolstoy'sWar and Peace. 2  the act or process of abridging. 3  the state of being abridged.  reduction or curtailment:abridgment of civil rights.