Origin: Latin suffix -ment
Retrenchment has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
A curtailment or reduction.
An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
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.