impediment (n.)
- arrest
- bar
- barrier
- block
- blockade
- blockage
- blocking
- bottleneck
- burden
- burthen
- cargo
- cecum
- charge
- check
- choking
- clog
- closure
- congestion
- constipation
- constriction
- cramp
- cross
- cumbrance
- curb
- delay
- detainment
- detention
- difficulty
- disadvantage
- embarrassment
- embolism
- embolus
- encumbrance
- fixation
- freight
- gorge
- hamper
- handicap
- hang-up
- hindrance
- hitch
- holdup
- hurdle
- impasse
- impedance
- impedimenta
- imposition
- inconvenience
- infarct
- infarction
- inhibition
- interference
- interruption
- jam
- let
- load
- lumber
- mountain
- negativism
- obstacle
- obstipation
- obstruction
- obstructionism
- occlusion
- onus
- opposition
- pack
- penalty
- repression
- resistance
- restraint
- restriction
- retardation
- rub
- setback
- snag
- squeeze
- stop
- stoppage
- stranglehold
- strangulation
- stricture
- suppression
- trouble
- weight
Thus far into the bowels of the land
Have we marched on without impediment.
