- abridged - (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting; "an abridged version"
Antonyms: unabridged, comprehensive, full-length, uncut
- abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
--1 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun abridgement1, noun abridger1
They won't abridge the story