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impediment | impedient |

As a noun impediment

is a hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.

As an adjective impedient is

serving to make a marriage illicit but valid.

impediment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Thus far into the bowels of the land / Have we marched on without impediment .
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=2 citation , passage=I had gazed upon the fortifications and impediments that seemed to keep human beings from entering the citadel of nature, and rashly and ignorantly I had repined.}}
    Working in a noisy factory left him with a slight hearing impediment .
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta
  • Synonyms

    * hindrance * obstruction * obstacle * See also

    References

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    impedient

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (religion, of an impediment to marriage) Serving to make a marriage illicit but valid.
  • See also

    * diriment ----