curtailments
Acts of shortening
Curtailments are acts of cutting short or reducing something.
The word typically applies to reductions in scope, extent, or duration—curtailments of civil liberties, spending, services.
Budget curtailments reduce funding; curtailments of freedom restrict rights.
The plural suggests multiple instances or types of reduction: The new policy brought curtailments across several departments.
Reducing workforce or scale
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- rollbacksUndoing of recent changes
- scaling backReducing size or extent
- paringCutting away rind
trimming · pruning · shrinkage · diminution · lessening · decrease · retrenchment · contraction
Planned spending reductions
- spending cutsReducing governmental expenditures
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- fiscal restraintControlled government spending
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
frugality · financial discipline · program cuts · funding cuts · subsidy cuts · benefit cuts · staff cuts · wage freezes
Breaches of rules/rights
- abridgmentsShortened forms of works
- erosionsGradual wearing processes
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
- suppressionsActs of forcibly subduing
suspensions · revocations · withdrawals · denials · deprivations · rollbacks · encroachments · violations
Imposed or inherent bounds
- constraintsLimits on action
- capsHeadwear or upper limits
- ceilingsIndoor upper boundaries
- controlsOperates or regulates
checks · restraints · prohibitions · bans · embargoes · moratoriums · quotas · freezes
downsizing
Reducing workforce or scale
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- rollbacksUndoing of recent changes
- scaling backReducing size or extent
paring · trimming · pruning · shrinkage · diminution · lessening · decrease · retrenchment · contraction · abridgment
budget cuts
Planned spending reductions
- spending cutsReducing governmental expenditures
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
- fiscal restraintControlled government spending
economizing · frugality · financial discipline · program cuts · funding cuts · subsidy cuts · benefit cuts · staff cuts · wage freezes · hiring freezes
infringements
Breaches of rules/rights
- abridgmentsShortened forms of works
- erosionsGradual wearing processes
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
suppressions · suspensions · revocations · withdrawals · denials · deprivations · rollbacks · encroachments · violations · restrictions
limitations
Imposed or inherent bounds
- constraintsLimits on action
- capsHeadwear or upper limits
- ceilingsIndoor upper boundaries
controls · checks · restraints · prohibitions · bans · embargoes · moratoriums · quotas · freezes · clampdowns
curtailmentsexpansions
Increases in size
extensions · increases · enlargements · augmentations · broadening
curtailmentsextensions
Additions that lengthen
continuations · lengthenings · protraction · perpetuations · preservations
curtailmentsexpansions
Increases in size
liberalizations · relaxations · allowances · emancipations · grants