Retrenchment

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɪˈtrentʃ.mÉ™nt/

Full definition of retrenchment

Noun

1. A reduction or curtailment; often referring to a business or government agency cutting back operations or laying off workers.
2. (military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible (by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work).