All expansion antonyms

noun expansion

• contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
• abridgment — a shortened version of a written work
• compression — the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• reduction — the act of reducing or the state of being reduced.
• shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
• lessening — to become less.
• stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.