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1. Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
   "The manuscript must be abridged";
   - foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
    
2. Lessen, diminish, or curtail
   "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression"

Derived forms: abridged, abridges, abridging

Type of: curb, curtail, cut back, decrease, lessen, minify, restrict

Encyclopedia: Abridge