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    curtailment
    /kə(ː)ˈteɪlm(ə)nt/

    noun

    • 1. the action or fact of reducing or restricting something: "the curtailment of human rights"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCURTAILMENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Curtailment is the action of reducing or limiting something, or of stopping something before it is finished. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of curtailment with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › curtailmentCurtailment Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Curtailment is the act of curtailing or the state of being curtailed. Learn the word history, examples, synonyms, and related words of curtailment from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCURTAILMENT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Curtailment is the action of reducing or limiting something, or of stopping something before it is finished. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, and usage of curtailment with examples from various sources.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › curtailmentCURTAILMENT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Curtailment definition: the act of cutting something short or cutting it back; reduction. See examples of CURTAILMENT used in a sentence.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › curtailmentCurtailment - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    You can think of a curtailment as cutting something short, whether it's the curtailment of your bike riding once the temperature drops in the fall, or the curtailment of your driving privileges after you get into a fender-bender.

  7. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › curtailCurtail Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part. curtail the power of the executive branch. curtail inflation. Some school activities are being curtailed due to a lack of funds. curtailer. (ˌ)kər-ˈtā-lər. noun. Synonyms. abbreviate. abridge. cut back. dock. elide. shorten. syncopate. truncate. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › curtailmentcurtailment - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

    Curtailment is a noun that means the act of limiting something or making it last for a shorter time. Learn how to pronounce, use and distinguish it from similar words with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app.