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hindrance
The act of hindering:
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  1. The act of hindering:
  2. The state or act of hindering something
  3. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
check
A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque. A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque.
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  1. A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque. A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque.
reversal
A usually adverse change in fortune:
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  1. A usually adverse change in fortune:
  2. A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
  3. The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around. The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around.
backset
Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
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  1. Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
  2. A setback or reversal.
  3. A setback; relapse; reverse
reversal
The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around. The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around.
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  1. The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around. The setting aside or overturning of a lower court’s decision by an appellate court; a turning around of the short-term market price trend of a security, either from downward to upward, or the other way around.
  2. A usually adverse change in fortune:
  3. A reversing or being reversed; esp., a change to the opposite as in one's fortune
reverse
The opposite or contrary:
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  1. The opposite or contrary:
  2. A mechanism, etc. for reversing, as a gear arrangement in a transmission that causes a machine, motor vehicle, etc. to run backward or in the opposite direction
  3. A mechanism, such as a gear in a motor vehicle, that is used to reverse movement.
Find another word for setback. In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for setback, like: hindrance, check, reversal, delay, difficulty, impediment, backset, reversal, reverse and better.

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  • It's a process, and sometimes you will have a setback.

  • Rallying Chants are used to help re-focus the crowd after team has suffered a setback.

  • If you're not familiar with Axion, it may be because the brand suffered a setback after its glory days in the 1990s.

  • Family strife is a setback that can upset the developmental progress of any child, especially one that faces the extraordinary challenges of a developmental disability.

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