Words similar to abridge

Example sentences for: abridge

How can you use “abridge” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

To abridge is "to contract, to diminish; to deprive of."
He sought to abridge the attorney-client privilege by commanding Vince Foster's lawyer to divulge what Foster had told the lawyer before committing suicide.
It is wrong on the law because there is utterly no precedent for the novel and facially implausible proposition that the First Amendment has anything to do with government funding that- though it does not actually abridge anyone's speech- "distorts an existing medium of expression."
A serious concern expressed by physicians is that documenting alcohol use in the medical record has the potential to abridge patient confidentiality about sensitive issues.
With the enactment of §954(d)(1), Congress did not abridge the speech of those who disdain the beliefs and values of the American public, nor did it abridge indecent speech.