abridgment
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In 1952 Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas published a four-volume abridgment of his diaries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
The Supreme Court ruled without dissenting opinions that the law did not violate the US Constitution's First Amendment protection against government abridgment of free speech.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
Democratic National Committee decision in 2021, banned any voting measure that "results in a denial or abridgment of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race."
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2023
Fred Korematsu, a U.S. citizen, had been arrested in 1942 for defying the exclusion order and fought the abridgment of his civil liberties for forty years.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Exception 2.—A few words ending in e drop the e before a suffix beginning with a consonant: as, judge + ment = judgment; lodge + ment = lodgment; abridge + ment = abridgment.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
Vocabulary lists containing abridgment
Novel Study: Hamlet, Acts 1–2
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Understanding Literary Forms: The Oral Tradition & Analyze Literature
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