abridgement

n. act of making shorter, summarizing; shortened form of something; reduction

Abridgement or abridgment is a term defined as "shortening" or "condensing" and is most commonly used in reference to the act of reducing a written work, typically a book, into a shorter form.A written work is mostly abridged for adaptation into an audio book, to make a more convenient companion to an already established work, or as part of censorship of the work.
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Noun
1. a shortened version of a written work
(synonym) condensation, abridgment, capsule
(hypernym) summary
(derivation) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce

n.
see abridgement

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