curtail

Verb

Synonyms: restrict curb cut back clip cut short

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

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

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. [1913 Webster]

Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See Curtal.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. [1913 Webster]

I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]