curtailment vs retrenchment

curtailment and retrenchment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
curtailment	Yes	No	No	No
retrenchment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, curtailment and retrenchment are synonyms defined as:

curtailment and retrenchment: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

Other synonyms of curtailment include downsizing.

curtailment (noun)	retrenchment (noun)
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation	the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable	entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
the temporal property of being cut short