Objection vs Impediment - What's the difference?
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The act of objecting.
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(legal) An official protest raised in a court of law during a legal trial over a violation of the rules of the court by the opposing party.
A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
* Shakespeare
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(chiefly, in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta
Objection is a related term of impediment.
As nouns the difference between objection and impediment
is that objection is the act of objecting while impediment is a hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.objection
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Noun
(en noun)Ed Pilkington
‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told, passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
Usage notes
* Adjectives often used with "objection": serious, conscientious, fatal, grave, etc. * Verbs often used with "objection": raise, make, meet, answer, etc.impediment
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Noun
(en noun)- Thus far into the bowels of the land / Have we marched on without impediment .
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 .