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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impediment \Im*ped"i*ment\, v. t. To impede. [R.] --Bp. Reynolds. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impediment \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impediment n 1: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress [syn: {hindrance}, {deterrent}, {handicap}] 2: anything that makes progress difficult [syn: {obstruction}, {impedimenta}]
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