curtail Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb place restrictions on
restrict; curb; cut back.
- curtail drinking in school
verb terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
cut short; clip.
- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries

See Curtal.

imperfect & past participle Curtailed present participle & verbal noun Curtailing

To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak.

Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macualay.