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abstricted

v.
C2 Proficiency ab·strict·ed

v. to make something smaller or more limited. It is an old word that people rarely use today, mostly in very formal or technical writing.

v. to reduce in size, scope, or intensity; to limit or restrict. Archaic in modern general usage, though it persists in legal or technical contexts to describe the narrowing of a right or a claim.


SIMPLE

The old law abstricted the rights of the citizens.

CONTEXTUAL

The legal team argued that the new contract abstricted the previous agreement to a much smaller area of land.

COMPLEX

In the final version of the treaty, the negotiators abstricted the initial demands to a series of narrow, specific clauses that both parties could agree upon.

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