abridgment

Those words are an abridgment and paraphrase of this assessment by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Cool it, Reason|David Frum|December 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But to pursue brevity of speech, and to avoid nice declarations of things, is to be granted to him that maketh an abridgment.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Let us say that there shall be no abridgment of the offerings of so-called academic education.
The Women of Tomorrow|William Hard
The full consideration of this promise belongs rather to St. Mark's Gospel, in which it is presented without abridgment.
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of Matthew|John Monro Gibson

He who has seen the banks of Dee has seen, as in an epitome or abridgment, all that the north of Scotland has to show.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various
In the abridgment of his report which follows I eliminate what has already been fully demonstrated elsewhere in this book.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion

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abridgement

/ (əˈbrɪdʒmənt) /

noun

a shortened version of a written work

the act of abridging or state of being abridged

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