Impediment
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
Example sentence: The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.
Balk
Part of speech: noun
Definition: ridge, an unplowed strip of land. (One use is to walk on it.)beam.hindrance.blunder.deceptive motion; feint# an illegal motion intended to deceive a runner.# motion used to deceive an opponent during a serve
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to pass over or by.to stop, check, block.to stop short and refuse to go on.to refuse suddenly.