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Hindrance

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Noun

1. balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment

something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

2. encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

3. hinderance, hindrance, interference

the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hindrance

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noun
1. 
an obstruction or snag; impediment
2. 
the act of hindering; prevention

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Hindrance

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noun
1. 
the act of hindering
2. 
any person or thing that hinders; obstacle; impediment; obstruction

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hindrance

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n.
1.
a. The act of hindering: was angered by their hindrance of the project.
b. The condition of being hindered.
2. Something that hinders; an impediment.

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