What is another word for "shortening"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "shortening": abate, abatement, abbreviate, abbreviation, abbreviature, abridge, abridgment, abstract, album, analecta, analectic, analysis, and, anthology, anticlimax, apercu, attenuate, away, bate, book, brevity, brief, briefly, close, coarctation, collect, collectanea, come, comes, commonplace, compact, compend, compendious, compendium, compilation, compile, compress, compressed, compression, concise.