curtailment
(kɜːˈteɪlmənt)
[f. curtail v. + -ment.]
The action of curtailing, shortening, diminishing; abridgement.
| 1794 G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. I. p. ix, A curtailment of a few repetitions. 1830 Mackintosh Eth. Philos. Wks. 1846 I. 44 A curtailment of gratification. 1878 Morley Diderot I. 167 The copies were returned to their owners with some petty curtailments. |