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setback (115 synonym found)

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interference

arrestment

squeeze

retardment

nuisance value

holdback

closing up

negativism

backward step

foot-dragging

stranglehold

tease

refluence

blighted hope

fizzle

hope deferred

check

bafflement

frustration

blockage

hindrance

retrogression

repulse

ease-up

betrayed hope

hindering

fixation

balk

foiling

down

renewal

obstructionism

closure

retrocession

atavism

retroaction

rollback

blasted expectation

severe check

slowing down

slowup

reverse of fortune

disappointment

constriction

regression

reverse

relapse

dissatisfaction

flagging

discomfiture

recurrence

dashed hope

reaction

holdup

recidivism

reentry

retrusion

lapse

reflux

falling back

cruel disappointment

disillusionment

repression

let

blocking

backward motion

recidivation

stricture

slowing

comedown

rout

lag

ease-off

slack-up

retroflexion

forlorn hope

arrestation

arrest

recrudescence

letdown

stumbling block

reversion

sternway

minus acceleration

inhibition

rebuff

slackening

checkmate

backsliding

backward deviation

fallen countenance

suppression

tantalization

sore disappointment

restriction

restraint

confusion

backset

regress

retrogradation

detainment

letup

dash

deceleration

mirage

clogging

recession

buffet

cramp

detention

hampering

slowdown

throwback

occlusion

fiasco

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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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