CURTAILMENT Synonyms

• a shortened version of a written work

• a reduction in quantity or rate

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• the act of reducing complexity

• a principle that limits the extent of something

• an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

• the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

• fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

• act of decreasing in length

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

• entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

• the failure to develop some part or organ

• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

• (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires