Curtailment: alternatives and connections

The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a car…

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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in wi…

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To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

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To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

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To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

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The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing.

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The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of trut…

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