to abridge

Examples

• All

• But none of this, the Supreme Court said, justified government regulation that would abridge a newspaper's right to publish what it wanted.

  Academic text (1997)

• The government can't abridge his speech, but the right to "free speech" doesn't extend to private message boards.

  Blog text (27)

• We must abridge every article of expense that does not actually supply us with some real comfort in life.

  Fiction book (1994)

• To put it differently, at least in most of the Western world, there is no public need in the least to abridge religious differences.

  Academic text (2002)

• Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech.

• Nearly one hundred years later, Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA), which prohibits voting practices that "deny or abridge the rights of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color."

  Academic text (2017)

• As discussed above, the Fourteenth Amendment distinguishes between citizens and persons, including aliens. States cannot abridge the privileges or immunities of U.S. citizens, but they also cannot deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law and cannot deny any person the equal protection of the laws.

  Academic text (2017)

• The new law cannot abridge a citizen's right to vote without proper justification.

• Efforts to abridge public access to information can undermine democracy.

• The organization aims to challenge any policies that abridge civil liberties.

Synonyms

R

to reduce

vsto abridge

162 2.1

To make something weaker or in a worse state

is focused on decreasing length or rights rather than lowering status or rank

D

to diminish

vsto abridge

89 4.7

Make a person or thing seem less important

reduces legal or practical scope more than it reduces reputation or esteem

C

to curtail

vsto abridge

52 6.3

To make something shorter or less than planned

is used to reduce or shorten rights or privileges rather than general stopping

L

to lessen

vsto abridge

34 2.8

To make something smaller in amount or strength

is about cutting or limiting things, often legal rights, rather than mere amount decrease

Antonyms

E

to expand

805 2.5

To grow larger in size, amount, or importance

E

to extend

680 3.2

To make something reach farther, such as more places or people

E

to enlarge

70 3.0

To make something bigger in size or amount

How Restricted

to revoke

• Formal

96 6.2

to abridge

• Formal

1 6.5

to curtail

52 6.3

to restrict

361 3.1

to limit

∞ 2.1

Surface Forms

Etymology