brevity
noun /ˈbrevəti/
  /ˈbrevəti/
[uncountable] (formal)- the quality of using few words when speaking or writing synonym conciseness
- The report is a masterpiece of brevity.
 - Charles Dickens was not known for his brevity.
 - For the sake of brevity, I’d like to make just two points.
 
 - the fact of lasting a short time
- the brevity of human life
 
 see also brief 
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French brievete, from Latin brevitas, from brevis ‘brief’.