 curtailment |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation | |
| Synonyms: | suppression | |
| Examples: | "a suppression of the newspaper" |
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| Related terms: | restraint crackdown restrain | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the temporal property of being cut short | |
| Related terms: | shortness clip | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable | |
| Synonyms: | downsizing retrenchment | |
| Related terms: | economy retrench | |
