noun
1. the temporal property of being cut short
• Derivationally related forms: ↑curtail
• Hypernyms: ↑shortness
2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
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a suppression of the newspaper
• Syn: ↑suppression
• Derivationally related forms: ↑suppress (for: ↑suppression)
• Hypernyms: ↑restraint
3. the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
• Syn: ↑retrenchment, ↑downsizing
• Derivationally related forms: ↑retrench (for: ↑retrenchment)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.