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Definition of contraction:

The act of drawing together or shortening; the thing shortened or reduced.

Synonyms:

anti-choice, contract, shrink, condensing, baby blues, reducing, condensate, constricting, compact, back formation, thin, increase, telescoping, catchword, lessening, antenatal, recession, derivation, confinement, compressing, colloquialism, diminution, bear, retract, constrict, abridgment, squeeze, consolidation, withdrawal, antonym, evaporation, squeezing, the afterbirth, arrive, concretion, consumption, muscle contraction, buzzword, compacting, collocate, capsule, lowering, syncope, omitting, expansion, condensation, amniocentesis, densification, wax and wane, narrowing, connective, cognate, amniotic fluid, compression, birth, baby shower, contracting, argot, omission, constriction, muscular contraction.

contraction (part of speech: noun)
shrinkage (part of speech: noun)
decrease (part of speech: noun)
- abridgement,
- erosion,
- curtailment,
- reduction,
- truncation,
- abbreviation,
- compaction,
- deflation,
- diminishment,
- shrinkage,
- deduction,
- decrease,
- depletion,
- compression,
- concentration,
- decrement

Usage examples:

Dizzy with heat, he sat down, eyes half closed, fangs showing with the contraction of his panting, frothing chops, saliva dripping in the road.

- "Frank of Freedom Hill", Samuel A. Derieux.
" She's very ill," replied Marcella, with a contraction of the brow.

- "Marcella", Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Great mischief has been done by removing the first teeth before the second appear, thus making a contraction of the jaw.

- "The American Woman's Home", Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe.