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impediment

[ im-ped-uh-muhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
Synonyms: check, encumbrance, bar
Antonyms: encouragement, help
any physical impairment or condition that impedes normal, fluent, or easy speech; a speech disorder.
Chiefly Ecclesiastical Law. a bar, usually of blood or affinity, to marriage:
a diriment impediment.
Usually impediments. impedimenta.

impediment

/ ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt /

a hindrance or obstruction
a physical defect, esp one of speech, such as a stammer
-ments-menta-ˈmɛntə law an obstruction to the making of a contract, esp a contract of marriage by reason of closeness of blood or affinity

im·ped·i·men·tal [im-ped-, uh, -, men, -tl], im·ped·i·men·ta·ry adjective
non·im·ped·i·men·tal adjective
non·im·ped·i·men·ta·ry adjective

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin impedīmentum; impede, -ment

The edict says “any persons that can express any legal impediment can denounce” the nuptials.

Despite the legal impediment, Hamza convinced Traverso to marry him.

The traffic, as in all of Los Angeles, is a serious impediment.

One obvious impediment is the difficulty of getting into the country.

The war has been a constant impediment to their grand tourism plans.

Wood may be cut close to the beach, and embarked without impediment.

The unfortunate gentleman had an impediment in his speech, and this was noted down as proving him to be a German, of course!

They are an impediment to the progress of knowledge, only when they are permanently acquiesced in.

It is here that the only practical impediment occurs to the passage of heavy shipping, between Buffalo and Chicago.

Religion is the greatest impediment to the progress of human happiness.

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