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2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club:
When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
1605, Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, V-i:
What abridgment have you for this evening? What masque? what music?
(dated,law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
Usage notes
In current usage this spelling is about as common as abridgement in the US, but much less common in the UK.
Notes on near-synonyms:
An abridgment is made by omitting the less important parts of some larger work; as, an abridgment of a dictionary.
A compendium is a brief exhibition of a subject, or science, for common use; as, a compendium of American literature.
An epitome corresponds to a compendium, and gives briefly the most material points of a subject; as, an epitome of history.
An abstract is a brief statement of a thing in its main points.
A synopsis is a bird's-eye view of a subject, or work, in its several parts.
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