~2.~ Diminish, reduce, contract, curtail, lessen, ABBREVIATE, retrench, cut down.

~Abridger~, _n._ Epitomizer, writer of an epitome.

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~Abridgment~, _n._ ~1.~ Shortening (_by compression_), contraction, diminution, reduction, ABBREVIATION, curtailment, retrenchment.

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~2.~ Compendium, compend, epitome, summary, abstract, digest, synopsis, syllabus, breviary, brief, conspectus, outline, sum and substance.

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~Abroach~, _ad._ ~1.~ Broached, tapped, on tap.

~2.~ Forth, out of the house, out of doors, in the open air.

~Abrogate~, _v. a._ Annul, disannul, repeal, revoke, rescind, cancel, abolish, nullify, quash, vacate, invalidate, overrule, set aside, do away, make void.

~Abrogation~, _n._ Repeal, rescission, rescinding, abolition, annulment, annulling, revocation.

~Abrupt~, _a._ ~1.~ Broken, cragged, craggy, rough, rugged.

~3.~ Sudden, unexpected, unanticipated, precipitate, hasty, unseasonable, ill-timed, unlooked for.

~5.~ Inelegant (_as style_), stiff, cramped, harsh, disconnected, unconnected.

~Abscess~, _n._ Sore, ulcer, fester, imposthume, pustule, gathering, boil.

~Abscond~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Withdraw, flee, fly, decamp, escape, elope, retreat, bolt, make off, steal away, slink away, slip away, run away, run off, sneak off, pack off, effect one's escape.

~Absence~, _n._ ~1.~ Non-attendance, non-appearance.

~2.~ Inattention, abstraction, preoccupation, distraction, revery, musing, brown study, absence of mind.

~Absent~, _a._ ~1.~ Away, gone, not present.

~2.~ Abstracted, preoccupied, inattentive, dreaming, musing, lost, napping, absent-minded, in a brown study.

~Absent-minded~, _a._ Abstracted, ABSENT.

~Absent one's self~, Be not present, stay away.

~Absolute~, _a._ ~1.~ Independent, unrestricted, unqualified, unlimited, unconditional, unconditioned, complete, perfect.

~2.~ Despotic, arbitrary, tyrannical, tyrannous, imperious, imperative, authoritative, autocratic, dictatorial, irresponsible.

~3.~ Positive, actual, real, veritable, determinate, decided, genuine, categorical, unequivocal, certain.

~Absolutely~, _ad._ ~1.~ Completely, unconditionally, without limit.

~2.~ Truly, actually, positively, indeed, really, in fact, in reality, in truth.

~Absoluteness~, _n._ ~1.~ Despotism, ABSOLUTISM.

~Absolution~, _n._ Acquittal, remission, discharge, release, liberation, deliverance, clearance, forgiveness, pardon, INDULGENCE, JUSTIFICATION.