1) Albatross 2) Bar 3) Barrier 4) Bind 5) Complication 6) Crimp 7) Delay 8) Deterrent 9) Encomberment 10) Foiling 11) Impediment 12) Let 13) Millstone 14) Obstacle 15) Obstruction 16) Prevention 17) Prohibition 18) Restraint 19) Snag 20) Straitjacket 21) Weakness 1) Balk 2) Baulk 3) Block 4) Blockade 5) Check 6) Coarctation 7) Delay 8) Deterrent 9) Difficulty 10) Embarrassment 11) Embolism 12) Embolus 13) Exclusively Saxon word 14) Exclusively Anglo word 15) Handicap 16) Hold-up 17) Impediment 18) Impedition 19) Infarct 20) Inhibition 21) Interception 22) Interclusion 
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• (v. t.) That which hinders; an impediment. • (v. t.) The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.
Hin'drance noun [ See Hinder , transitive verb ] 1. The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered. 2. That which hinders; an impediment. « What various hindrances we meet.» Cowper. « Something between a hindr...
[n] - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress 2. [n] - any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome 3. [n] - the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
hinderance noun the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
see nivarana; not to be confused with nirvana. :-) 
a thing that provides resistance
an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like. · the state of being hindered. · a person or thing that hinders.