abridgments
Trimmed-down editions
Abridgments are shortened versions of longer works, condensed while retaining essential content.
A novel might be published in abridgment for younger readers or time-pressed audiences.
The word also covers any reduction or curtailment: abridgments of civil liberties, abridgments of rights.
Also spelled abridgements.
Vapor turning to liquid
- digestMetabolize or summarize
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- synopsisCondensed version of content
- epitomePerfect representative of type
compendium · anthology · edition · paperback · volume · compression · redaction · précis
Condensed version of text
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- précisConcise summary of text
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- overviewBroad general summary
synopsis · digest · review · excerpt · selection · annotation · paraphrase · distillation
Act of reducing scope
- restrictionLimit on action
- limitationBound on extent
- reductionMaking something smaller
- infringementViolation of rights
diminishment · constraint · narrowing · cutback · retrenchment · encroachment · deprivation · contraction
condensation
Vapor turning to liquid
- digestMetabolize or summarize
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- synopsisCondensed version of content
epitome · compendium · anthology · edition · paperback · volume · compression · redaction · précis · shortening
abstract
Condensed version of text
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- précisConcise summary of text
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
overview · synopsis · digest · review · excerpt · selection · annotation · paraphrase · distillation · recapitulation
curtailment
Act of reducing scope
- restrictionLimit on action
- limitationBound on extent
- reductionMaking something smaller
infringement · diminishment · constraint · narrowing · cutback · retrenchment · encroachment · deprivation · contraction · modification
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
- secondary sourcessummaries, digests, synopses, excerpts, compilations
- abbreviationsMr, Mrs, Ms, Dr, Jr
- book summariessummary, plot summaries, novel summaries, synopses, chapter summaries
- simplified guidesbeginner guides, primers, basics, fundamentals, introductions
- Hadithhadith, hadiths, Muslim, matn, canonical works
abridgmentsexpansions
Increases in size
elaborations · extensions · amplifications · extended editions · augmentations