abridgment
abridg.ment or abridge.ment \*-'brij-ment\ n 1a: the action of abridging
1b: the state of being abridged 2: a shortened form of a work retaining
the general sense and unity of the originalEPITOME mean a condensed
treatment. ABRIDGMENT suggests reduction in compass with retention of
relative completeness; ABSTRACT applies to a summary of points of a
treatise, document, or proposed treatment and usu. has no independent
worth; SYNOPSIS implies a skeletal presentation of an argument or a
narrative suitable for rapid examination; CONSPECTUS implies a quick
overall view of a large detailed subject; EPITOME suggests the briefest
possible presentation of a complex whole that still has independent value
SYN syn ABRIDGMENT, ABSTRACT, SYNOPSIS, CONSPECTUS,