noun
- The act or process of decreasing: abatement, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper. See increase/decrease.
curtailment
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The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1: the temporal property of being cut short
Meaning #2: the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
Synonym: suppression
Meaning #3: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
Synonyms: retrenchment, downsizing
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