abridging
Making something shorter
Abridging is the act of shortening or condensing something, typically a text or document.
To abridge a book is to reduce its length while preserving essential content: an abridged edition of the novel.
The U.S.
Constitution forbids Congress from abridging the freedom of speech—that is, limiting or curtailing it.
Cutting off an end
- abbreviatingShortening by omission
- clippingPiece cut out
- croppingCutting to resize
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
paring · curtailing · snipping · lopping · cutting short · cutting down · contracting
Condensing to main points
- compressingForcing into less space
- distillingPurifying through vaporization
- condensingReducing in volume
- consolidatingCombining dispersed elements
reducing · boiling down · epitomizing · telescoping · compacting · synopsizing · abstracting · encapsulating
Obscuring text for secrecy
- revisingAltering to improve
- editingRefining content for clarity
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- excisingCutting something out
trimming · omitting · deleting · expurgating · bowdlerizing · eliding · striking · removing
Reducing in extent
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- censoringRemoving objectionable content
- suppressingForcibly restraining or inhibiting
expurgating · sanitizing · bowdlerizing · censorship · infringement · encroachment
truncating
Cutting off an end
- abbreviatingShortening by omission
- clippingPiece cut out
- croppingCutting to resize
pruning · paring · curtailing · snipping · lopping · cutting short · cutting down · contracting
summarizing
Condensing to main points
- compressingForcing into less space
- distillingPurifying through vaporization
- condensingReducing in volume
consolidating · reducing · boiling down · epitomizing · telescoping · compacting · synopsizing · abstracting · encapsulating · digesting
redacting
Obscuring text for secrecy
excising · trimming · omitting · deleting · expurgating · bowdlerizing · eliding · striking · removing · extracting
curtailing
Reducing in extent
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- censoringRemoving objectionable content
suppressing · expurgating · sanitizing · bowdlerizing · censorship · infringement · encroachment
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- simplificationsimplification, simplifying, simplify, condensing, simplified
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- making smallershrinking, compressing, reducing, squeezing, compacting
abridgingexpanding
Growing in scope
extending · lengthening · elongating · enlarging · stretching
abridgingelaborating
Developing in greater detail
expanding · fleshing out · adding · embellishing · developing
abridgingprotecting
Keeping from harm
preserving · upholding · safeguarding · expanding · guaranteeing
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