set-back

set-back
    n 1: structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly [syn:
         {set-back}, {setoff}, {offset}]
    

Setback \Set"back`\ (s[e^]t"b[a^]k`), n.
   1. (Arch.) Offset, n., 4.
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   2. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.]
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   3. A reversal of progress in an endeavor; a reverse; a
      backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.]
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131 Moby Thesaurus words for "setback":
      arrest, arrestation, arrestment, atavism, backset, backsliding,
      backward deviation, backward motion, backward step, bafflement,
      balk, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blockage,
      blocking, blow, buffet, check, checkmate, clogging, closing up,
      closure, comedown, confusion, constriction, cramp,
      cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope, deceleration, defeat,
      delay, descent, detainment, detention, disappointment,
      discomfiture, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, down, drag,
      ease-off, ease-up, failure, fallen countenance, falling back,
      fiasco, fixation, fizzle, flagging, foil, foiling, foot-dragging,
      forlorn hope, frustration, hampering, hindering, hindrance,
      holdback, holdup, hope deferred, impediment, inhibition,
      interference, interruption, lag, lapse, let, letdown, letup,
      minus acceleration, mirage, negativism, nuisance value, obstacle,
      obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, reaction,
      rebuff, recession, recidivation, recidivism, recrudescence,
      recurrence, reentry, refluence, reflux, regress, regression,
      relapse, renewal, repression, repulse, resistance, restraint,
      restriction, retardation, retardment, retroaction, retrocession,
      retroflexion, retrogradation, retrogression, retrusion, return,
      reversal, reverse, reverse of fortune, reversion, rollback, rout,
      severe check, slack-up, slackening, slowdown, slowing,
      slowing down, slowup, sore disappointment, squeeze, sternway,
      stranglehold, stricture, stumbling block, suppression,
      tantalization, tease, throwback