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impediment

 
Noun impediment has 2 senses
  1. hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
    --1 is a kind of difficulty
    --1 has particulars:
     albatross, millstone; bind; drag; obstacle, obstruction; straitjacket
    Derived form: verb impede1
  2. obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta - any structure that makes progress difficult
    --2 is a kind of structure, construction
    --2 has particulars:
     bar; barrier; blockade; blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage; hindrance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference; obstacle; tumbler
    Derived form: verb impede2
impede impeded impedement impedenace impedence impedent impedes impediculous impediment impediment impedimenta impediments impeding impeding justice impeditive impedment impeeled

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