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What is the noun for curtail?

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curtal
  1. (historical) A variety of short-barrelled cannon.
  2. (obsolete) A horse or other animal having a docked tail.
  3. (music) An early type of bassoon.
curtail
  1. (architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
curtailment
  1. The act of curtailing
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A substantial curtailment of the growth of ice would amount to a substantial reduction of the absolute size of the ice crystallites.”
      “The Washington Post spoke for the liberal establishment in a September 14 editorial calling for the curtailment of democratic and civil rights.”
      “The trend, growing over the years, toward a curtailment or studied regulation of night-time recreation, is likely only to become more pronounced.”
curtailer
  1. One who curtails.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Only then can HIV disease truly become a chronic manageable condition rather than a curtailer of life.”
curtailments
  1. plural of curtailment
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Passengers are annoyed that no notices have been put up at the main bus stop to advise them of the proposed curtailments.”
      “We have since seen even more curtailments to what constitutes legal protest.”
      “However, this alone cannot account for current government's many curtailments of human rights.”
curtailers
  1. plural of curtailer
curtals
  1. plural of curtal
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