Curtailment

cur·tail  (kr-tl)

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

To cut short or reduce. See Synonyms at shorten.

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[Middle English curtailen, to restrict, probably blend of Old French courtauld, docked; see curtal, and Middle English taillen, to cut (from Old French tailler; see tailor).]

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cur·tailer n.

cur·tailment n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	curtailment - the temporal property of being cut short shortness - the property of being of short temporal extent; "the shortness of air travel time"
	2.	curtailment - the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper" suppression restraint - the act of controlling by restraining someone or something; "the unlawful restraint of trade"
	3.	curtailment - the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable downsizing, retrenchment saving, economy - 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"