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noun
adverse circumstance, adversity, block, blockade, blockage, burden, check, curb, damage, defect, deficiency, detainment, determent, deterrence, deterrent, detriment, difficulty, disability, disablement, discommodity, discouragement, drawback, embarrassment, encumbrance, failing, fault, frailty, hamper, handicap, harm, hindrance, holdback, impediment, imperfection, imperfectness, imposition, inadequacy, inaptitude, incommodum, inconvenience, inexpedience, inferiority, infirmity, inhibition, iniquitas, injury, insalubriousness, insufficiency, interference, lack, liability, limitation, loss, nuisance, objection, obstacle, obstruction, penalty, prejudice, prevention, problem, repression, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, setback, shortcoming, stifling, stumbling block, suppression, taint, unfavorable circumstance, unfavorableness, weak point, weakness
foreign phrases:
- Cujus est commodum ejus debet esse incommodum. — He who receives a benefit should also bear the disadvantageII verb astrict, baffle, balk, bridle, burden, cause problems, check, circumscribe, constrain, cramp, cumber, curb, damage, deprive of advantage, disaccommodate, discommode, encumber, foil, frustrate, hamper, handicap, harm, hinder, hold back, hold in check, impair, impede, impedite, incommode, incommodum, inconvenience, inhibit, injure, interfere with, limit, muzzle, obstruct, overburden, overload, prejudice, put out, rein, repress, restrict, retard, saddle, shackle, stall, stymie, suppress, thwart, trammel, weaken, weigh down III index damper (stopper), detriment, discommode, drawback, encumber (hinder), encumbrance, expense (sacrifice), fetter, handicap, harm, hindrance, impairment (drawback), inconvenience, incumbrance (burden), inexpedience, liability, misfortune, penalty, prejudice (injury), prejudice (injure)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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