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  • 91deterrence — de·ter·rence /di tər əns, ter / n: the inhibition of criminal behavior by fear esp. of punishment Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. deterrence …

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  • 92embargo — em·bar·go 1 /im bär gō, em / n pl goes [Spanish, from embargar to bar] 1: an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports 2: a legal prohibition on commerce an embargo on arms shipments 3: an order by a… …

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  • 93impediment — im·ped·i·ment /im pe də mənt/ n: something that prevents or interferes with a process, power, or right should have known of the legal impediment s to the execution of any judgment against the police jury Penalber v. Blount, 550 So. 2d 577 (1989); …

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  • 94blockade — I (barrier) noun bar, barricade, block, blockage, bottleneck, cordon, curb, impediment, obsessio, obsidio, obstacle, obstruction, stop, stumbling block II (enclosure) noun circumjacence, circumscription, circumvallation, compass, containment,… …

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  • 95constraint — I (imprisonment) noun act of keeping in, apprehension, arrest, bondage, bonds, bounds, captivity, care, charge, commitment, confinement, containment, control, custodianship, custody, detainment, detention, encincture, enclosure, enthrallment,… …

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  • 96damper — I (depressant) noun backset, bleakness, cheerlessness, chill, cloud, crushed spirits, depressing influence, discouragement, disheartener, downheartedness, feeling of dejection, feeling of depression, gloom, glumness, heaviness, heaviness of… …

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  • 97deliberate omission — I noun abandonment, abnegation, ban, bar, boycott, breach, declination, defalcation, default, delinquency, disregard, elision, exception, exclusion, failure of duty, intentional omission, laches, laxity, leaving out, lockout, neglect, negligence …

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  • 98deterrent — I noun admonishment, admonition, barrier, barring, block, caution, caveat, constraint, constriction, contraindication, counteraction, counterpressure, curb, damper, deactivation, determent, deterrence, discouragement, disincentive, dissuasion,… …

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  • 99hindrance — I noun annoyance, arrest, barrier, blockade, bother, check, complication, constriction, detention, deterrent, detriment, difficulty, disadvantage, discouragement, drawback, embargo, encumbrance, hamper, handicap, holdback, impediment,… …

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  • 100impasse — im·passe / im ˌpas, im pas/ n: a point in esp. labor negotiations at which reaching an agreement is impossible because neither party is willing to compromise or change position Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. impasse …

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