Sentence:  When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful <WSD>abridgment</WSD>, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. (First attested from around (1350 to 1470).)<ref name=SOED/>