Associations to the word «Impediment»

Wiktionary

IMPEDIMENT, noun. A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
IMPEDIMENT, noun. (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta

Dictionary definition

IMPEDIMENT, noun. Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.
IMPEDIMENT, noun. Any structure that makes progress difficult.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne