contraction

synonyms

Speedwriting

abatement

abbreviation

abridgment

alleviation

apocope

aposiopesis

attenuation

brachygraphy

clipping

coarctation

constriction

crasis

cutting

dampening

damping

decrease

decrement

decrescence

deduction

deflation

depreciation

depression

diminishment

diminution

dying

dying off

elision

ellipsis

extenuation

fade-out

languishment

lessening

letup

lowering

miniaturization

mitigation

narrowing

phonography

pruning

reduction

relaxation

sagging

scaling down

shortening

shorthand

simplicity

stenography

stricture

subtraction

hypernyms

decrease

diminution

reduction

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word

etymologically-related-terms

contract

contractation

contractive

same-contexts

collapse

congestion

convulsion

decline

depression

disturbance

enlargement

exertion

expansion

inflammation

motion

muscle

pressure

relaxation

rupture

sensation

spasm

stimulation

stimulus

tension

twitch

vibration

rhymes

abstraction

action

attraction

diffraction

dissatisfaction

distraction

exaction

extraction

faction

fraction

inaction

infraction

interaction

liquefaction

reaction

retraction

satisfaction

subtraction

traction

transaction

antonyms

dilatation

expansion