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1. (n.) impediment
obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
2. impediment
any physical defect that impedes normal or easy speech.
3. impediment
a bar, usu. of blood or affinity, to marriage.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L impedīmentum)
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1. (noun) hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
2. (noun) obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta
any structure that makes progress difficult
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1. (noun) impediment
that which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect
2. (verb) impediment
to impede
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Sense: something that delays or prevents.
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 Afrikaans: struikelblok |
 Arabic: عائِق، حائِل، مانِع |
 Bulgarian: пречка |
 Brazilian: impedimento |
 Czech: překážka |
 German: das Hindernis |
 Danish: hindring |
 Greek: κώλυμα |
 Spanish: impedimento, obstáculo, e |
 Estonian: tõke |
 Farsi: مانع |
 Finnish: haitta |
 French: obstacle |
 Hebrew: מִכשוֹל |
 Hindi: विघ्न |
 Croatian: zapreka |
 Hungarian: akadály |
 Indonesian: hambatan, halangan |
 Icelandic: hindrun |
 Italian: impedimento |
 Japanese: 妨げ |
 Korean: 장애물 |
 Lithuanian: kliūtis |
 Latvian: kavēklis; traucēklis |
 Malay: halangan |
 Dutch: beletsel |
 Norwegian: hinder, hindring, hemsko |
 Polish: utrudnienie |
 Persian: مانع |
 Pashto: مخ نيوى، ممانعت |
 Portuguese: impedimento |
 Romanian: impediment, obstacol |
 Russian: препятствие |
 Slovak: prekážka |
 Slovenian: ovira |
 Serbian: smetnja |
 Swedish: hinder, avbräck |
 Thai: สิ่งกีดขวาง |
 Turkish: engel, manî |
 Taiwanese: 妨礙 |
 Ukrainian: затримка, перешкода |
 Urdu: مزاحمت |
 Vietnamese: chướng ngại vật |
 Chinese: 妨碍 |
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