Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
The state or act of hindering something.
Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.
From Middle English hinderance, hinderaunce, hindraunce, hynderaunce, hynderawnce, hynderawns, hyndrance; equivalent to hinder + -ance.
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