abridgment
Compressed literary work
An abridgment is a shortened version of a text, preserving the essential content while cutting length: an abridgment of War and Peace.
The word applies broadly to any condensation or reduction.
In legal contexts, abridgment of rights means their curtailment or limitation.
Also spelled abridgement.
Condensed version of content
- abstractCondensed version of text
- digestMetabolize or summarize
- précisConcise summary of text
- outlineSummary of key elements
condensation · epitome · overview · recap · sketch · rundown · briefing · compendium
Shortness of expression
- succinctnessQuality of being brief
- tersenessExtreme brevity of expression
- economySystem of trade and production
- compactnessState of being compressed
pithiness · concision · directness · laconism · crispness · precision · tightness · spareness
Cutting something shorter
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- trimmingCutting away excess
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
excision · elision · contraction · reduction · compression · omission · deletion · cropping
Obscuring sensitive text
- revisionAltering to improve
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- versionA distinct form
- editionSingle published version
condensed version · anthology · compilation · manuscript · editor · abridger · copyediting · rewriting
synopsis
Condensed version of content
outline · condensation · epitome · overview · recap · sketch · rundown · briefing · compendium · survey
brevity
Shortness of expression
- succinctnessQuality of being brief
- tersenessExtreme brevity of expression
- economySystem of trade and production
compactness · pithiness · concision · directness · laconism · crispness · precision · tightness · spareness · condensation
truncation
Cutting something shorter
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- trimmingCutting away excess
pruning · excision · elision · contraction · reduction · compression · omission · deletion · cropping · clipping
redaction
Obscuring sensitive text
- revisionAltering to improve
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- versionA distinct form
edition · condensed version · anthology · compilation · manuscript · editor · abridger · copyediting · rewriting · annotation
- brevitybrevity, concise, succinct, terse, pithy
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- simplificationsimplification, simplifying, simplify, condensing, simplified
- study aidstutor, note cards, CliffsNotes, crib sheet, study guides
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
abridgmentfull version
Complete, unrestricted release
expansion · unabridged edition · extension · enlargement · amplification
abridgmentelaboration
Development through detail
expatiation · exposition · amplification · development · annotation