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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hindrance \Hin"drance\, n. [See {Hinder}, v. t.]
1. The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
2. That which hinders; an impediment.
What various hindrances we meet --Cowper.
Something between a hindrance and a help.
--Wordsworth.
Syn: Impediment; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty;
interruption; check; delay; restraint.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hindrance
n 1: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action
or progress [syn: {deterrent}, {impediment}, {handicap}]
2: something that impedes or is burdensome [syn: {hitch}, {preventive},
{preventative}, {encumbrance}, {incumbrance}, {interference}]
3: the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding [syn: {interference},
{interfering}]
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