ABRIDGMENT Definition & Meaning

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abridgment

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[ uh-brij-muhnt ]

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noun

a shortened or condensed form of a book, speech, etc., that still retains the basic contents:
an abridgment of Tolstoy's War and Peace.
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the act or process of abridging.
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the state of being abridged.
reduction or curtailment:
abridgment of civil rights.

abridgment

/ əˈ��ɪ��ə�Գ� /

noun

a shortened version of a written work
the act of abridging or state of being abridged

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of abridgment¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English abreg(g)ement, abrygement, from Middle French abregement; abridge, -ment

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

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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.

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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."

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Section 2 bans any voting procedure that “results in a denial or abridgment of the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race.”

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But another clause of the Constitution, which the court relegates to a footnote, protects the “privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States” against state abridgment.

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