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Cohibition :: Cohibition (n.) Hindrance; restraint.

Curb :: Curb (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse..

Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..

Let :: Let (n.) A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic..

Hindrance :: Hindrance (v. t.) That which hinders; an impediment.

Delayment :: Delayment (n.) Hindrance.

Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration..

Holdback :: Holdback (n.) Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle.

Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption..

Crisscross :: Crisscross (adv.) With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross..

Limit :: Limit (v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

Back :: Back (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance.

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) A hindrance or disappointment; a check.

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

Pullback :: Pullback (n.) That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance..

Encomberment :: Encomberment (n.) Hindrance; molestation.

Restraint :: Restraint (n.) The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental..

Hinder :: Hinder (v. i.) To interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.

Delay :: Delay (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

Slide :: Slide (v. t.) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water..

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