curtail

[Cur*tail·]

To curtail something is to slow it down, put restrictions on it, or stop it entirely. If I give up cake, I am curtailing my cake eating.

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To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

Verb
place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"

Verb
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"

v. t.
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

n.
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.

Curtail

Cur*tail" (k?r-t?l"), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtailed (-t?ld"); p.pr. & vb.n. Curtailing.] [See Curtal.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion.

Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled.

Curtail

Cur"tail (k?r"t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.

To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.

The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.

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Usage Examples

My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

To stop terrorists before the strike, we must do three things: deny them entry into the country, curtail their freedom of action inside the country, and deprive them of material and moral support from within the country.