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abridge

English

  1. 🔊 lessen, diminish, or curtail
    “the new law might abridge our freedom of expression”
  2. 🔊 reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
    “The manuscript must be shortened”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 compendiar to abridge, shorten

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