Definition of "abridging" []

• Present participle of abridge. (verb)

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• "I think that such unquestionably goes too far in abridging the freedom of association."
• "If any censoring or abridging is to be done, I'll do it myself."
• "Of course we all know what a future aviation probably has before it and in abridging the crossing of the Atlantic by using the air as a means of transit I believe that Canadians will be found foremost, as they were found foremost in using the air as the medium of conducting military operations during the war now happily ended."