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setback (115 synonym found)

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lag

let

balk

dash

down

rout

check

cramp

lapse

letup

tease

arrest

buffet

fiasco

fizzle

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mirage

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atavism

backset

closure

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foiling

letdown

reentry

regress

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renewal

repulse

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slowing

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blockage

blocking

clogging

comedown

ease-off

fixation

flagging

holdback

reaction

rollback

slack-up

slowdown

sternway

checkmate

confusion

detention

hampering

hindering

hindrance

occlusion

recession

refluence

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reversion

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throwback

arrestment

bafflement

closing up

detainment

inhibition

negativism

recidivism

recurrence

regression

repression

retardment

slackening

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backsliding

dashed hope

frustration

restriction

retroaction

suppression

constriction

deceleration

discomfiture

falling back

forlorn hope

interference

recidivation

retrocession

retroflexion

severe check

slowing down

stranglehold

backward step

betrayed hope

blighted hope

foot-dragging

hope deferred

recrudescence

retrogression

tantalization

disappointment

nuisance value

obstructionism

retrogradation

backward motion

disillusionment

dissatisfaction

stumbling block

backward deviation

fallen countenance

minus acceleration

reverse of fortune

blasted expectation

sore disappointment

cruel disappointment

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Definition of setback:

(n) : an obstacle, delay, or disadvantage; the required distance between a structure and a road

"after some initial setbacks, the expedition went safely on its way."

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Definition of setback:

(n) : an obstacle, delay, or disadvantage; the required distance between a structure and a road

"after some initial setbacks, the expedition went safely on its way."

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