[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).Synonyms: cut , abridge , decrease", "to cut off or remove.", "Military.to protect by a retrenchment ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to economize; reduce expenses:They retrenched by eliminating half of the workers."]}]