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Webster 1913 Edition

Hindrance

Hin′drance

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Noun.

[See

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Verb.

T.

]

1.

The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

2.

That which hinders; an impediment.

What various

hindrances

we meet.

Cowper.

Syn. – Impediment; obstruction; obstacle; difficulty; interruption; check; delay; restraint.

Definition 2024

hindrance

hindrance

English

Alternative forms

hinderance (archaic)
hindraunce (obsolete)

Noun

hindrance ‎(plural hindrances)

Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
The state or act of hindering something
Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:hindrance

Translations

something which hinders

Albanian: pengesë (sq)
Aromanian: cheadicã f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 障礙 (zh), 障碍 (zh) ‎(zhàng'ài), 阻力 (zh) ‎(zǔlì), 阻礙 (zh) ‎(阻礙), 阻碍 (zh) ‎(zǔ'ài)
Czech: překážka (cs) f
Finnish: este (fi), haitta (fi)
French: entrave (fr) f, obstacle (fr)
German: Behinderung (de) f, Hindernis (de) n
Greek: κώλυμα (el) n ‎(kólyma), εμπόδιο (el) n ‎(empódio)
Hungarian: akadály (hu)
Icelandic: hindrun (is) f
Ido: impedo (io), impedivo (io)

Indonesian: halangan (id)
Irish: éaradh m
Italian: impaccio (it) m, ostacolo (it) m, impedimento (it) m
Japanese: 邪魔 (ja) ‎(じゃま, jama), 支障 ‎(ししょう, shishō), 妨害 (ja) ‎(ぼうがい, bōgai)
Korean: 방해 (ko) ‎(妨害, banghӕ)
Latvian: šķērslis (lv) m
Polish: przeszkoda (pl) f
Portuguese: obstáculo (pt) f
Romanian: piedică (ro), impediment (ro) n, obstacol (ro) n
Russian: поме́ха (ru) f ‎(poméxa), препя́тствие (ru) n ‎(prepjátstvije)
Scottish Gaelic: amaladh m, bacadh m, èislean m
Spanish: obstáculo (es)

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