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setback (115 synonym found)

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cramp

nuisance value

inhibition

regress

retrusion

falling back

holdup

holdback

betrayed hope

occlusion

hope deferred

check

retrocession

buffet

arrestment

slowing down

atavism

hindrance

dash

recidivism

repulse

reversion

stumbling block

blocking

recession

clogging

letdown

reaction

fallen countenance

recurrence

cruel disappointment

detention

severe check

blockage

let

rollback

comedown

discomfiture

slack-up

restraint

restriction

down

suppression

slowing

slowup

disappointment

lag

forlorn hope

foot-dragging

fizzle

bafflement

blighted hope

rebuff

letup

minus acceleration

refluence

sternway

retrogradation

fixation

slowdown

closing up

arrestation

deceleration

disillusionment

repression

retardment

arrest

constriction

negativism

tantalization

backsliding

lapse

squeeze

stranglehold

closure

backward deviation

reentry

fiasco

ease-up

confusion

interference

renewal

backward step

dashed hope

flagging

regression

balk

backward motion

frustration

checkmate

tease

ease-off

sore disappointment

obstructionism

hindering

recidivation

hampering

reverse

blasted expectation

backset

rout

slackening

dissatisfaction

relapse

retroflexion

detainment

reverse of fortune

retrogression

retroaction

recrudescence

reflux

throwback

stricture

mirage

foiling

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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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