Paraphrase

n. [Gr. παράφρασις, from παραφράζειν, to speak at the same time with another, to add to another's words, from παρά, beside, and φράζειν, to speak; φράσις, a speaking, phrase; Lat. paraphrasis, Sp. parafrasis, It. parafrasi, Fr. paraphrase.] A re-statement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth in other and more ample terms of the signification of a text; a free translation into the same or another language.

In paraphrase, or translation with latitude, the author's words are not so strictly followed as his sense. Dryden.