Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun curtailment

3 senses of curtailment

Sense 1
curtailment -- (the temporal property of being cut short)
       => shortness -- (the property of being of short temporal extent; "the shortness of air travel time")

Sense 2
suppression, curtailment -- (the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper")
       => restraint -- (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade")

Sense 3
retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing -- (the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable)
       => economy, saving -- (an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents")