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abridgment

[uh-brij-muhnt] / əˈbrɪdʒ mənt /


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In the Fourth Circuit’s interpretation, South Carolina’s law is an abridgment of that right to franchise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Article IV: Libraries should cooperate with all persons and groups concerned with resisting abridgment of free expression and free access to ideas.”

From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2025

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

The Met’s abridgment of Julie Taymor’s long-running production, a fairy tale of puppets and plexiglass, cuts down the work to 110 minutes and translates it into English.

From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 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


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