Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class I. Words Expressing Abstract RelationsSection III. Quantity
3. Conjunctive Quantity
38. Nonaddition. Deduction.
REBATE (decrement) [See Decrement]; minuend, subtrahend; decrease [See Nonincrease, Decrease].
MUTILATE, amputate, detruncate; cut off, cut away, cut out; abscind, excise.
PARE, thin, prune, decimate, eliminate, rebate; bant [colloq.], reduce; abrade, scrape, file.
GELD, castrate, envirate [rare], cut, spay (female), capon or caponize (a cock), eunuchize [rare], unman, emasculate.
DIMINISH [See Nonincrease, Decrease]; curtail (shorten) [See Shortness]; deprive of (take) [See Taking]; weaken.
TAILLESS, acaudal, acaudate.