setback

  1. Noun.  An obstacle, delay, or disadvantage.
  2. Noun.  (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
  3. Noun.  (architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
  4. Noun.  (''possibly archaic'') A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.
  5. Noun.  A backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.

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