abridgement

 
Pronunciation: /əˈbrɪdʒm(ə)nt/
(also chiefly US abridgment)

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the action of abridging a text.
  • [count noun] a shortened version of a larger work: an abridgement of Shakespeare’s Henry VI
  • 2 Law curtailment of rights: the abridgement of the rights of ownership

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French abregement, from the verb abreg(i)er (see abridge)