About The Word Impediment
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Impediment
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What's The Definition Of Impediment?
[n] any structure that makes progress difficult
[n] something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress Synonyms | Synonyms for Impediment: balk | baulk | check | deterrent | handicap | hindrance | impedimenta | obstructer | obstruction | obstructor Related Terms | Find terms related to Impediment: arrest | arrestation | arrestment | bar | barrier | blank wall | blind alley | blind gut | block | blockade | blockage | blocking | bottleneck | burden | burthen | cargo | cecum | charge | check | choking | choking off | clog | clogging | closing up | closure | congestion | constipation | constriction | costiveness | cramp | cross | cul-de-sac | cumbrance | curb | dead end | deadweight | delay | detainment | detention | difficulty | disadvantage | embarrassment | embolism | embolus | encumbrance | fixation | foot-dragging | freight | gorge | hamper | hampering | handicap | hang-up | hindering | hindrance | hitch | holdback | holdup | hold-up | hurdle | impasse | impedance | impedimenta | imposition | inconvenience | infarct | infarction | inhibition | interference | interruption | jam | let | load | lumber | mountain | negativism | nuisance value | obstacle | obstipation | obstruction | obstructionism | occlusion | onus | opposition | pack | penalty | repression | resistance | restraint | restriction | retardation | retardment | rub | sealing off | setback | snag | squeeze | stop | stoppage | stranglehold | strangulation | stricture | stumbling block | suppression | trouble | weight | white elephant See Also | albatross | bar | barrier | bind | block | blockade | blockage | closure | construction | difficulty | encumbrance | hindrance | hitch | incumbrance | interference | millstone | obstacle | obstacle | obstruction | occlusion | preventative | preventive | stop | stoppage | structure | tumbler Impediment In Webster's Dictionary \Im*ped"i*ment\, n. [L. impedimentum: cf. F.
impediment.]
That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or
effect.
Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on
without impediment. --Shak.
{Impediment in speech}, a defect which prevents distinct
utterance.
Syn: Hindrance; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty;
incumbrance.
Usage: {Impediment}, {Obstacle}, {Difficulty}, {Hindrance}.
An impediment literally strikes against our feet,
checking our progress, and we remove it. An obstacle
rises before us in our path, and we surmount or remove
it. A difficulty sets before us something hard to be
done, and we encounter it and overcome it. A hindrance
holds us back for a time, but we break away from it.
The eloquence of Demosthenes was to Philip of
Macedon, a difficulty to be met with his best
recources, ant obstacle to his own ambition, and
an impedimen in his political career. --C. J.
Smith.
\Im*ped"i*ment\, v. t. To impede. [R.] --Bp. Reynolds. |
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