Impede

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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Encumber, Obstructing Justice, Prevent, Restrain.

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