41 entries under shrinkage topic. ×

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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, shortness, tightening)
6
diminution(noun, decrease, reduction, lessening)
5
abbreviation(noun, reduction, shortness, tightening)
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contraction(noun, decrease, reduction, weakening)
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lessening(noun, decrease, reduction, weakening)
2
condensation(reduction, tightening)
2
diminishing(reduction, tightening)
2
elision(reduction, tightening)
2
narrowing(reduction, tightening)
1
deflation(noun, drop, decline, failure, reduction)
1
recession(noun, drop, decline, care, failure)
1
shrinking(noun, decrease, want, need, loss)
1
withdrawal(noun, right, retreat, reduction)
0
abbreviating(reduction, tightening)
0
abridging(reduction, tightening)
0
condensing(reduction, tightening)
0
confinement(reduction, tightening)
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