Omission, shortening. Obsolete. (Cf. sense 4.)

The action of reducing the magnitude, extent, or duration of something; the fact of being so reduced; diminution, lessening; limitation, curtailment.

The action of short, v.1 in various senses.

The action of reducing something in magnitude, extent, or duration; shortening, cutting short; curtailment, limitation; an instance of this. Cf. a…

Diminution or reduction by taking away a part; cutting down, abatement, curtailment. Obsolete.

The action or an act of the verb shorten, v.

A diminution, a lessening; reduction in extent, size, amount, or importance.

Abridgement, shortening. Obsolete.

fig. Excision, e.g. of words or sentences from a speech or writing; pruning, retrenchment.

Mutilation, ‘cutting down’. Obsolete.

The act of curtailing, curtailment.

The action of curtailing, shortening, diminishing; abridgement.

The action of cutting with (or as with) shears or scissors.