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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 | ||
| Samples | A suppression of the newspaper. | ||
| Synonyms | suppression | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | restraint | ||
| 3. | curtailment (act) the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable | ||
| Synonyms | downsizing, retrenchment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | economy, saving | ||
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