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abridge

(/@/'br/I//dZ/ )

reduce in scope while retaining essential elements(verb.change)

Synonym:
abbreviate, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
Antonym:
dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate

source: wordnet30
lessen, diminish, or curtail(verb.change)

Example:
The new law might abridge our freedom of expression.

source: wordnet30
To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.(verb)

source: webster1913

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