Setback Definition
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setbacks
noun
setbacks
A reversal, check, or interruption in progress; relapse; upset.
Webster's New World
The required minimum distance between a building and a property line (often, specif., the front property line) established by local code or ordinance.
Webster's New World
A steplike recession in a wall.
American Heritage
Any of a series of such recessions in the rise of a tall building.
American Heritage
An upper part of a wall or building set back to form a steplike section.
Webster's New World
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