- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|545
- Abbreviations|0
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| curtailment(noun, decrease, care, restraint, want) | |
| reduction(noun, decrease, care, restraint, want) | |
| decrease(noun, care, restraint, want, need) | |
| abridgment(noun, reduction, shrinkage, shortness) | |
| diminution(noun, decrease, reduction, lessening, shrinkage) | |
| abbreviation(noun, reduction, shrinkage, shortness) | |
| lessening(noun, decrease, reduction, weakening, shrinkage) | |
| condensation(reduction, shrinkage) | |
| diminishing(reduction, shrinkage) | |
| elision(reduction, shrinkage) | |
| narrowing(reduction, shrinkage) | |
| shrinkage(noun, care, restraint, want, need) | |
| deflation(noun, drop, decline, failure, reduction) | |
| recession(noun, drop, decline, care, failure) | |
| shrinking(noun, decrease, want, need, loss) | |
| withdrawal(noun, right, retreat, reduction, shrinkage) | |
| abbreviating(reduction, shrinkage) | |
| abridging(reduction, shrinkage) | |
| condensing(reduction, shrinkage) | |
| confinement(reduction, shrinkage) |
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