THESAURUS
retrenchment
abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, apocope, arrest, arrestation, attrition, check, cheeseparing, compression, condensation, conspectus, constraint, control, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curb, curtailment, cut, cutback, cutting, deceleration, decrease, decrement, depletion, depreciation, derogation, detraction, diminution, dip, disparagement, economization, economizing, elision, ellipsis, epitome, extraction, foreshortening, hindrance, impairment, inhibition, injunction, interdict, legal restraint, lessening, low growth rate, monopoly, precis, prohibition, protection, protectionism, protective tariff, pullback, rationing, recap, recapitulation, reduction, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending, rein, remission, restraint, restraint of trade, retardation, retraction, rollback, saving, scraping, scrimping, self-control, shortening, shrinkage, skimping, slowdown, slowing down, sparing, summary, summation, syncope, synopsis, tariff wall, telescoping, thought control, truncation
ROGET THESAURUS
retrenchment
Subtraction
N
nonaddition, subtraction, subtraction, subduction, deduction,
retrenchment, removal, withdrawal, ablation, sublation, abstraction, garbling mutilation, detruncation, amputation, abscission, excision, recision, curtailment, minuend, subtrahend, decrease, abrasion, subtracted, subtractive, in deduction, less, short of, minus, without, except, except for, excepting, with the exception of, barring, save, exclusive of, save and except, with a reservation, not counting, if one doesn't count.
Economy
N
economy, frugality, thrift, thriftiness, care, husbandry, good housewifery, savingness,
retrenchment, savings, prevention of waste, save-all, cheese parings and candle ends, parsimony, cost-cutting, cost control, economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare, sparing, parsimonious, underpaid, sparingly, ne quid nimis, adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit, magnum est vectigal parsimonia.
Shortness
N
shortness, brevity, littleness, a span, shortening, abbreviation, abbreviature, abridgment, concision,
retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation, reduction, epitome, elision, ellipsis, conciseness, abridger, epitomist, epitomizer, short, brief, curt, compendious, compact, stubby, scrimp, shorn, stubbed, stumpy, thickset, pug, chunky, decurtate, retrousse, stocky, squab, squabby, squat, dumpy, little, curtailed of its fair proportions, short by, oblate, concise, summary, shortly, in short.