Synonyms for curtailing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ker-teyl

Phonetic Transcription : kərˈteɪl

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Définition of curtailing

Origin : late 15c., from Middle French courtault "made short," from court "short" (Old French cort, from Latin curtus; see curt) + -ault pejorative suffix of Germanic origin. Originally curtal; used of horses with docked tails, which probably influenced the spelling. Related: Curtailed; curtailing.

verb cut short; abridge

Example sentences :

Mahmoud was bent on depriving them of their wealth and curtailing their privileges.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 » by Various

"Come in this way, madam," he added with grave dignity, but curtailing the bow.
Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

Julien's confessions had no effect in curtailing the interrogations.
Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal

This curtailing of class hours was characteristic of the Society's system.
Extract from : « Loyola and the Educational System of the Jesuits » by Thomas Hughes

There has been talk of curtailing your liberty to some extent.
Extract from : « The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill » by John T. McIntyre

He apologises for curtailing a few lines from 2400 folio pages!
Extract from : « Calamities and Quarrels of Authors » by Isaac Disraeli

For some months before my sickness I had been curtailing my hours of sleep.
Extract from : « Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders » by William A. Alcott

But it should be noted that this does not dispense with curtailing of consumption, and "abstinence."
Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

It merely shifts the necessity for curtailing consumption to some one else.
Extract from : « The Value of Money » by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.

But the curtailing of the chief sermon may easily be overdone.
Extract from : « The Priestly Vocation » by Bishop Bernard Ward

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