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curtailment(noun, decrease, care, restraint, want)
8
reduction(noun, decrease, care, restraint, want)
7
decrease(noun, care, restraint, want, need)
6
abridgment(noun, reduction, shrinkage, shortness, tightening)
6
diminution(noun, decrease, reduction, lessening, shrinkage)
5
abbreviation(noun, reduction, shrinkage, shortness, tightening)
5
contraction(noun, decrease, reduction, weakening, shrinkage)
5
cutback(noun, decrease, care, restraint, reduction)
5
deduction(noun, decrease, care, restraint, reduction)
5
downsizing
5
economy(noun, economy, saving, frugality, thrift)
4
cut(noun, decrease, reduction, weakening)
4
frugality(noun, care, economy, saving, thrift)
4
husbandry(noun, decrease, care, restraint, recession)
4
lessening(noun, decrease, reduction, weakening, shrinkage)
4
saving(noun, care, restraint, recession, frugality)
3
abatement(noun, decrease, reduction, weakening)
3
care(noun, decrease, restraint, recession, economy)
3
reaction(noun, right, retreat, conservativism)
3
shortening
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