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Abridging rights means limiting them in some way, while violating rights means completely disregarding or breaking those rights. Abridgment can be lawful under certain conditions, while violation is generally illegal.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Rights means, with respect to any Person, warrants, options, rights, convertible securities and other arrangements or commitments which obligate the Person to issue or dispose of any of its capital stock or other ownership interests.
The company decided to abridge its benefits package due to financial constraints. The editor was asked to abridge the manuscript before publication. Legislation can abridge certain rights during a state of emergency.
abridged abridg·ing : to diminish or reduce in scope [no State shall make or enforce any law which shall the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the United States " U.S. Constitution amend.
In a legal context, the term is generally used to explain taking away or restricting some existing right of a person such as abridging the right to vote; or abridging the rights and obligations of an administrator. In a generic sense the term “abridge” means to cut short.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
