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Counteraction :: Counteraction (n.) Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.

Encomberment :: Encomberment (n.) Hindrance; molestation.

Block :: Block (v. t.) Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way..

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

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

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration..

Drawback :: Drawback (n.) A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature..

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

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..

Cohibition :: Cohibition (n.) Hindrance; restraint.

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..

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

Stond :: Stond (n.) Stop; halt; hindrance.

Delayment :: Delayment (n.) Hindrance.

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..

Hindrance :: Hindrance (v. t.) That which hinders; an impediment.

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; 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..

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..

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

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