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abridgement
noun
(abridg-ment)
the action of abridging something : the state of being abridged
abridgement
noun
(abridg-ment)
a shortened form of a work retaining the general sense and unity of the original
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abridgment
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condensation
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capsule
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limitation
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deprivation
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restriction
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abstract
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reduction
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limit
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fictionalization
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misquotation
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arrogation
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caesarism
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casuistry
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royalism
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journalese
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shavian
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disjunction
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nazification
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textualism
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panegyric
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lincolnian
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