Definition of hindrance

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Hindrance (v. t.) The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered..

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Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
Disadvantage :: Disadvantage (n.) Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good..
Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration..
Hinder :: Hinder (v. i.) To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..
Curb :: Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse..
Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To give way; to cease opposition; to be no longer a hindrance or an obstacle; as, men readily yield to the current of opinion, or to customs; the door yielded..
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption..
Back :: Back (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.
Hinderance :: Hinderance (n.) Same as Hindrance.
Stay :: Stay (n.) Hindrance; let; check.
Rub :: Rub (n.) That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch..
Impeach :: Impeach (n.) Hindrance; impeachment.
Debarment :: Debarment (n.) Hindrance from approach; exclusion.
Block :: Block (v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way..
Resistance :: Resistance (n.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm..
Delayment :: Delayment (n.) Hindrance.
Impedition :: Impedition (n.) A hindering; a hindrance.
Impeditive :: Impeditive (a.) Causing hindrance; impeding.
Impeachment :: Impeachment (n.) Hindrance; impediment; obstruction.
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