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Definition of setbacks:

(n) : An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
(n) : (by extension) Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.
(n) : (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
(n) : (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
(n) : An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
(n) : (possibly archaic) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.

Definition of setbacks:

(n) : An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
(n) : (by extension) Any adverse event, defeat, or impediment of progress.
(n) : (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
(n) : (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
(n) : An offset to the temperature setting of a thermostat to cover a period when more or less heating is required than usual.
(n) : (possibly archaic) A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.

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