[
US
/kənˈtɹækʃən/
]
[ UK /kəntɹˈækʃən/ ]
[ UK /kəntɹˈækʃən/ ]
Synonyms
Act of contracting
reduction
recession
consumption
reducing
withdrawal
decrease
editing
lowering
omission
compression
consolidation
decreasing
diminishing
withdrawing
squeezing
condensation
shrinking
confinement
narrowing
dwindling
receding
evaporation
diminution
consolidating
shortening
deflation
flexing
omitting
lessening
shrinkage
abbreviation
curtailment
tensing
constriction
evaporating
curtailing
condensing
constricting
deflating
elision
lopping
abridgment
cutting down
also abbreviation
drawing together
shriveling
abbreviating
abridging
epitomizing
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