✂️ Can be shortened 🚫 Can be limited

abridgeable

7.5

Can be limited or taken away, especially rights

adjective
/əˈbrɪdʒəbl/

Formal

: reducible

Certain rights are not abridgeable under the constitution, regardless of the situation.

Examples

Some legal protections are abridgeable, while others must always be upheld.
The judge ruled that the agreement was abridgeable in cases of national emergency.
The contract is abridgeable under certain conditions.
In some cases, rights are abridgeable for safety.
Certain rights are not abridgeable under the constitution, regardless of the situation.
Some legal protections are abridgeable, while others must always be upheld.
The judge ruled that the agreement was abridgeable in cases of national emergency.

Synonyms

abatable

vsabridgeable

Formal

8.4

Possible to reduce or stop a problem

is used mainly for cutting or limiting legal rights or protections

liftable

vsabridgeable

3.9

Can be removed, for example a rule or ban

focuses on reducing or limiting rights rather than fully removing them

Antonyms

unlimited

173 1.5

Having no end and no rules to stop it

How Restricted

revocable

Specialized

3 7.5

limitable

6.8

abridgeable

Formal

7.5

protected

1 2.0

inalienable

Formal

18 8.0

Surface Forms

abridgeable positive

Morphology

abridgeable = abridge (transparent) = abridge + able

The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-able' to the verb 'abridge', yielding 'capable of being curtailed or reduced'.

Etymology

Abridgeable comes from the verb abridge, which comes from a root meaning 'short', like the common word brief, and the ending -able means 'able to be'. So abridgeable in law or policy means 'able to be limited or reduced', which is why it is used when people talk about rights or protections that can be cut back.