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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. CURTAILMENT definition: 1. the action of reducing or limiting something, or of stopping something before it is finished…. Learn more.

  3. : the act of curtailing : the state of being curtailed. Examples of curtailment in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web The other case also has progressives fretting about the court’s curtailment of executive agencies’ discretion. George F.

  4. CURTAILMENT meaning: 1. the action of reducing or limiting something, or of stopping something before it is finished…. Learn more.

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

  6. 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. : 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. to reduce or limit something: The Federal Reserve raised interest rates slightly to curtail inflation. The last government severely curtailed trade union rights. curtailment. noun [ C or U ] They will not willingly accept any curtailment of their civil liberties.