Synonyms of the word abridgment


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abridgment

  • n. (US) The act of abridging; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation.
  • n. (US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
  • n. (US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
  • n. (obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.
  • n. (dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.

abridgement

  • n. (chiefly Britain) Alternative form of abridgment.

capsule

  • n. (physiology) A membranous envelope.
  • n. (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants,…
  • n. (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
  • n. A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
  • n. (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
  • n. (dialectal, Britain, Suffolk) A weasel.
  • n. (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form.
  • n. (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the…
  • n. (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
  • n. A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
  • n. A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
  • v. (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
  • v. (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.

condensation

  • n. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed.
  • n. The state of being condensed.
  • n. (physics) The conversion of a gas to a liquid.
  • n. The condensate so formed.
  • n. (chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.

sum-up

  • n. A summary.

summary

  • adj. Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form.
  • adj. Performed speedily and without formal ceremony.
  • adj. (law) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial.
  • n. An abstract or a condensed presentation of the substance of a body of material.

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