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
To protect his own interests Prescott decided to make an abridgment of his own, and thus to forestall the pirate.
William Hickling Prescott|Harry Thurston Peck
This abridgment of its power to pass upon the reasonableness of tariffs as a whole was effected in the Senate.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley
All the rights of our fellow beings, as secured by law, are an abridgment of our liberty.
Abolition a Sedition|Geo. W. Donohue

Say, what abridgment have you for this evening?What masque, what music?
Shakespeare and Music|Edward W. Naylor
The first and second are, then, the only psalms that are not ascribed to the old book of which this book was simply an abridgment.
Who Wrote the Bible?|Washington Gladden

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abridgment

abridgement

/ (əˈbrɪdʒmənt) /

noun

a shortened version of a written work

the act of abridging or state of being abridged

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abridgement

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