elision (n.)
- abbreviation
- abridgment
- abstract
- apocope
- aposiopesis
- clipping
- compression
- condensation
- conspectus
- contraction
- curtailment
- cutting
- ellipsis
- epitome
- precis
- pruning
- recap
- recapitulation
- reduction
- retrenchment
- shortening
- summary
- summation
- syncope
- syneresis
- synopsis
- truncation