curtailment

[ker-teyl-muhnt]

noun

1. the act of cutting something short or cutting it back; reduction.

   Constant curtailment of postal service has inconvenienced every citizen.

Other Word Forms

• noncurtailment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of curtailment¹

curtail + -ment ( def. )

Example Sentences

What’s left of it was led, at least for a while, by a 29-year-old White House appointee who helped craft Project 2025, the right-wing blueprint that broadly calls for the curtailment of civil rights enforcement.

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Another method Constellation is using to provide power to data centers is called curtailment.

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It added back a bigger chunk of its curtailment in September, a year ahead of schedule.

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It hasn’t rolled out the exact details of curtailment.

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Some fellows said any attempts to remove him could be seen as a curtailment of freedom of expression.

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