Curtailment in a sentence as a noun

The end-goal of a state will always be the curtailment of all other power that can be used to remove its power.

They may very well believe that accepting curtailment in the short term given the post-Snowden climate is a better way of riding out the storm.

It opposes all undue curtailment of an individual’s economic or personal freedom.

But as far as I'm aware there's not necessarily anything you can do about that without resorting to curtailment of some of our most sacred human rights.

I suspect that, long term, there needs to be a severe curtailment of software patents, if not an outright abolition, in order to bring the system in line with what it used to be 20+ years ago. I have represented innovators for decades.

And the price, which you do not mention, is the curtailment of free speech, a steep price to pay for the privilege of having my delicate eyes protected from what those bad salesmen are selling.

The history of mass computing involves numerous 'bottleneck' events where an increase in usage was bought with a curtailment of hardware and software quality.

All allowing legal enforcement agencies to try does is give them wide ranging fishing powers and the curtailment of civil liberties in the general populace.

I know many people find static guarantees and unacceptable curtailment of their "programming freedom", but frankly I think it's the answer to many of the problems we face in software today.

As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.

"As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.

When a large industrial customer or a big data center negotiates a curtailment program, they have lots of leverage to achieve a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Curtailment definitions

noun

the temporal property of being cut short

noun

the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"

See also: suppression

noun

the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

See also: retrenchment downsizing