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English noun: curtailment

1. curtailment (attribute) the temporal property of being cut short


Broader (hypernym)shortness

2. curtailment (act) the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation


SamplesA suppression of the newspaper.


Synonymssuppression


Broader (hypernym)restraint

3. curtailment (act) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable


Synonymsdownsizing, retrenchment


Broader (hypernym)economy, saving









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