curtailment

Meaning of curtailment

noun
  1. the action or fact of reducing or restricting something.
    the curtailment of human rights

Information about curtailment

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of curtailment is: curtailments.
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Hyphenation of curtailment

cur-tail-ment

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • curtailment is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

curtailment synonyms

Meaning suppression:

suppression

Meaning retrenchment:

retrenchment, downsizing

Meaning the action or fact of making something smaller or less in amount, degree, or size:

reduction

Meaning a reduction in amount or size:

cut

Meaning an act or instance of reducing something, especially expenditure:

cutback

Meaning an instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer:

decrease

Meaning make or become less; diminish:

lessening

Meaning a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something:

diminution

Meaning the process, fact, or amount of shrinking:

shrinkage

Meaning fat used for making pastry:

shortening

Meaning a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people:

guillotine

Meaning a limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one:

restriction

Meaning a limiting rule or circumstance; a restriction:

limitation

curtailment antonyms

Meaning a rise in the size, amount, or degree of something:

increase

Meaning the action of becoming larger or more extensive:

expansion

Words that rhyme with curtailment

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