abridgment

noun6

1. •
   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 Encyclopaedia. — 1910
2. •
   (old-fashioned) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
3. •
   The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation

   • an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses
4. •
   The state of being abridged or lessened.
5. •
   The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
6. •
   (no longer used) That 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? — 1605