abridgment (n.)
- abatement
- abbreviation
- abstract
- alleviation
- aphorism
- apocope
- attenuation
- bereavement
- bowdlerization
- breviary
- brief
- cancellation
- capsule
- censoring
- censorship
- compendium
- compression
- condensation
- conspectus
- contraction
- curtailment
- dampening
- decrease
- decrement
- deduction
- deflation
- deletion
- depreciation
- depression
- deprivation
- digest
- diminution
- dying
- editing
- elision
- ellipsis
- epigram
- epitome
- erasure
- expurgation
- extenuation
- lessening
- letup
- lowering
- miniaturization
- mitigation
- omission
- outline
- precis
- privation
- recap
- recapitulation
- reduction
- relaxation
- retrenchment
- shortening
- simplicity
- sketch
- striking
- subtraction
- sum
- summary
- summation
- syllabus
- syncope
- synopsis
- truncation
- weakening
Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can,
An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.
