Abridgment

1. n. That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly.
2. n. The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.
3. n. An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.