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impediment
The definition of an impediment is an obstacle or something that prevents action.
(noun)An example of impediment is a rain storm for a ball game.
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See impediment in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- Now Rare an impeding or being impeded; obstruction
- anything that impedes; specif.,
- a speech defect; stutter, lisp, stammer, etc.
- anything preventing the making of a legal contract, esp. of a marriage contract
- R.C.Ch. anything making marriage or ordination invalid or illicit
Origin: ME < L impedimentum, hindrance
See impediment in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Something that impedes; a hindrance or obstruction. See Synonyms at obstacle.
- An organic defect preventing clear articulation: a speech impediment.
- Law Something that obstructs the making of a legal contract.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin impedīmentum
Origin: , from impedīre, to impede; see impede
.Related Forms:
- im·pedˌi·menˈtal (-mĕnˈtl), im·pedˌi·menˈta·ry (-mĕnˈtə-rē) adjective
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