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setback definition

set·back (set′bak′)

noun

  1. a reversal, check, or interruption in progress; relapse; upset
  2. an upper part of a wall or building set back to form a steplike section
  3. pitch ()

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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