Legal Definition and Related Resources of Impede
Meaning of Impede
To obstruct ; hinder; check ; delay.
Synonyms of Impede
verb
- annul
- arrest
- barricade
- be a drag on
- be an obstacle to
- be in the way
- block
- blockade
- bolt
- bother
- brake
- bring to a standstill
- burden
- cause to delay
- check
- circumscribe
- confine
- cramp
- cumber
- curb
- dam up
- deadlock
- decelerate
- delay
- detain
- deter
- disable
- drag
- embarrass
- encumber
- erect a barrier
- estop
- fetter
- foreclose
- frustrate
- hamper
- handicap
- hinder
- hold back
- hold in check
- hold up
- impair
- impedire
- incommode
- inconvenience
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- keep back
- keep in check
- limit
- load
- mar
- obstruct
- paralyze
- postpone
- preclude
- press
- prevent
- quell
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- retardare
- set one back
- shackle
- slacken
- slow down
- stalemate
- stand in the way
- stop
- stop in progress by hindrances
- suffocate
- suspend
- thwart
- trammel
- turn aside Associated Concepts: impede negotiations foreign phrases: Ubialiquidimpediturpropter unum
- eo remoto
- tollitur impedimentum
- Where anything is impeded by one single cause with the removal of it
- the impediment is removed
- thwart
- trammel
- turn aside Associated Concepts: impede negotiations foreign phrases: Ubialiquidimpediturpropter unum
- eo remoto
- tollitur impedimentum
- Where anything is impeded by one single cause with the removal of it
- the impediment is removed
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- Obstruct
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