the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > curtailment > of anything superfluous (3)
figurative. The reduction or cutting back of anything; the removal of undesirable or superfluous elements; an instance of this.
The action of rescinding, revoking, or retracting something; an instance of this. Also: the action or an act of reducing or retrenching something…