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noun (n)

• the temporal property of being cut short(noun.attribute)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  suppression
  

  source: wordnet30
• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  downsizing, retrenchment
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or result of curtailing or cutting off.(noun)

  source: webster1913