abridgment

abridgmentnoun/əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mənt/

• 1

  The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation

  • an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses
• 2

  The state of being abridged or lessened.

• 3

  An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.

  • The article which embodied my researches having proved somewhat too long for its purpose, an abridgment of it only was inserted in the Encyclopædia.
  • When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious.
• 4

  obsoleteThat which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly

  • What abridgment have you for this evening? What masque? what music?
• 5

  datedlawAny of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.

• 6

  lawThe leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.