(n.) The act or result of curtailing or cutting off.

abbreviation abridgment abstract apocope arrest arrestation astriction astringency attrition bereavement bottleneck cervix check cheeseparing circumscription coarctation compactedness compaction compression compressure concentration condensation consolidation conspectus constraint constriction constringency contraction contracture control cooling cooling down cooling off curb cut cutback cutting deceleration decrease decrement depletion depreciation deprivation deprivement derogation detraction diminuendo diminution dip disburdening disburdenment disentitlement disparagement divestment economization economizing elision ellipsis epitome extraction foreshortening hindrance hourglass hourglass figure impairment inhibition injunction interdict isthmus knitting legal restraint lessening low growth rate monopoly narrow place narrowing neck precis privation prohibition protection protectionism protective tariff puckering pullback pursing rationing recap recapitulation reduction reduction of expenses reduction of spending rein relieving remission restraint restraint of trade retardation retraction retrenchment rollback saving scraping scrimping self-control shortening shrinkage skimping slowdown slowing down solidification sparing stranglement strangulation striction stricture summary summation syncope synopsis systole tariff wall telescoping thought control truncation wasp waist wrinkling