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Drag :: Drag (v. i.) To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

Disadvantage :: Disadvantage (n.) Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good..

Hinderance :: Hinderance (n.) Same as Hindrance.

Restraint :: Restraint (n.) The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental..

Deterrence :: Deterrence (n.) That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance.

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..

Crisscross :: Crisscross (adv.) With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross..

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..

Remora :: Remora (n.) Delay; obstacle; hindrance.

Debarment :: Debarment (n.) Hindrance from approach; exclusion.

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

Impeach :: Impeach (n.) Hindrance; impeachment.

Pullback :: Pullback (n.) That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance..

Delay :: Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..

Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance or opposition; as, we let this act pass..

Back :: Back (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.

Hinder :: Hinder (v. i.) To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.

Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.

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