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[ ri-trench-muhnt ] / rɪˈtrɛntʃ mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR retrenchment ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of retrenching; a cutting down or off, as by the reduction of expenses. Fortification. an interior work that cuts off a part of a fortification from the rest, and to which a garrison may retreat. Origin of retrenchmentFrom the French word retrenchement, dating back to 1590–1600. See retrench, -ment OTHER WORDS FROM retrenchmentnon·re·trench·ment, nounWords nearby retrenchmentretreat, retreatant, retreat from reality, retreatism, retrench, retrenchment, retrial, retribution, retributive, retributivism, retrieval Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for retrenchmentThe retrenchment could help to erase debt and free up money to invest in their core businesses. ‘Sleeping giant’: How Google stands to shake up the connected TV platform war|Tim Peterson|October 7, 2020|Digiday The Washington Post, after a difficult four-year retrenchment, has tapped Boston Globe Editor Marty Baron to run the newsroom. New Washington Post Editor Faces 'Tough Choices'|Howard Kurtz|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST The Obama era, so far, is all about repair and retrenchment. Obama: More Nixon Than Carter|Melik Kaylan|September 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the committee chairman, quickly denied that any sort of retrenchment was under way. The Dems' Cold Cash Calculus|Samuel P. Jacobs|September 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
On some issues, such as Afghanistan, the Retrenchment Republicans sound like the left wing of the Democratic Party. The GOP's Three-Headed Monster|James Mann|December 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST Republican presidential candidates will have to decide which way to lean, toward muscular foreign policy or retrenchment. The GOP's Three-Headed Monster|James Mann|December 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST "Surely," as Lamb said, "there must be some other world in which our unconquerable purpose" of retrenchment shall be realized. Seeing and Hearing|George W. E. Russell The cry for 'retrenchment' was joined to the cry for reform. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3)|Leslie Stephen But the Jesuits would not hear of any retrenchment of their power or privileges. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon|John Lord, A.M. There must be retrenchment in some other matters, it is admitted. The Young Mother|William A. Alcott Retrenchment was necessary, and that is never a pleasant thing. The Pace That Kills|Edgar Saltus
British Dictionary definitions for retrenchment
nounthe act of reducing expenditure in order to improve financial stability an extra interior fortification to reinforce outer walls Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to retrenchmentloss, shortfall, inadequacy, reduction, dearth, paucity, absence, poverty, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, backlash, weakening, recession, distress, privation, defect, decrease, want, meagerness Medical definitions for retrenchment
n.The cutting away of superfluous tissue. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |