curtailment

Definition of Curtailment in English :

1. curtailment

the temporal property of being cut short

2. curtailment, suppression

the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

Example Sentences:
'a suppression of the newspaper'

the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Curtailment

tr.v. cur·tailed, cur·tail·ing, cur·tails

To cut short or reduce: We curtailed our conversation when other people entered the room. See Synonyms at shorten.

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