Retrench

/ɹɪˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/

Synonyms for "retrench" (139 found)

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inhibitkeepkeep backkeep fromkeep inkeep in checkkeep under controllay under restraintleachlessenlourlowermownipparepare down expensespollpollardprohibitprune
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pullpull inpurifyreaprecaprecapitulatereducerefinereinrein inremoverestrainretardroll backrub awayscale downset backshaveshearshortensimplifyslashslow downsnubstep downstraitenstuntsubductsubtractsum upsummarizesynopsizetake a reeftake awaytake fromtake intelescopethinthin outtrimtruncatetune downwear awayweedwithdrawwithhold
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bring downconservecutcut backcut downeconomiseeconomizehusbandreduceretreattrimtrim backtrim downwithdrawal

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backtrackbelt tighteningbudget trimmingcost cuttingrecede

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belt tighteningbudget trimmingcost cuttingeconomic retrenchmentfiscal retrenchmentretrenchment measures

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O conſider my caſe, moſt blisfull Queen, […] Diſpell thoſe Clouds which hover 'twixt my King and his higheſt Counſell, […] that my great Law-making Court be forced to turn no more to polemicall Committees, […] but that they may come again to the old Parliamentary Rode, To the path of their Predeceſſours, to conſult of means how to ſweep away thoſe Cobwebs that hang in the Courts of Juſtice, and to make the Laws run in their right Channell; to retrench exceſſive fees, and finde remedies for the future, that the poor Client be not ſo peeled by his Lawyer, and made to ſuffer by ſuch monſtrous delays, that one may go from one Tropick to the other, and croſſe the Equinoctiall twenty times, before his ſute be done; […]

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Madam me no Madam, but learn to retrench your vvords; and ſay Mam; as yes Mam, and no Mam, as other Ladies VVomen do. Madam! 'tis a year in pronouncing.

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Foppiſh and fantaſtick Ornaments are only Indications of Vice, not criminal in themſelves. Extinguiſh Vanity in the Mind, and you naturally retrench the little Superfluities of Garniture and Equipage. The Bloſſoms will fall of themſelves, when the Root that nouriſhes them is deſtroyed.

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I must desire that you will not think of enlarging your expenses, no not for some years to come, much less at present; but rather retrench them. You might have lain destitute till Antichrist came, for any thing you could have got from those you used to treat; neither let me hear of one rag of better clothes for your wife or brats, but rather plainer than ever.

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