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Impediment

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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. impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor

any structure that makes progress difficult

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Impediment

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noun
1. 
a hindrance or obstruction
2. 
a physical defect, esp one of speech, such as a stammer
3. plural -ments or -menta (-ˈmɛntə) law
an obstruction to the making of a contract, esp a contract of marriage by reason of closeness of blood or affinity

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Impediment

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noun
1.  Rare
an impeding or being impeded; obstruction
2. 
anything that impedes
; specif.,
a. 
a speech defect; stutter, lisp, stammer, etc.
b. 
anything preventing the making of a legal contract, esp. of a marriage contract
c.  Roman Catholic Church
anything making marriage or ordination invalid or illicit

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

Impediment

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n.
1.
a. Something that impedes; a hindrance or obstruction.
b. Law Something that obstructs the making of a legal contract.
2. A physical defect, especially one that interferes with speech.

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