To deprive; to cut off.
To debar from.
To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
Cut short; truncate.
To curtail.
He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.
Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.
The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.