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encumbrance
encumbrance
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encumbrance
WORDS RELATED TO
ENCUMBRANCE
obstacle
noun
impediment, barrier
Catch-22
bar
block
booby trap
bump
catch
check
clog
crimp
difficulty
disincentive
encumbrance
hamper
handicap
hang-up
hardship
hindrance
hitch
hurdle
interference
interruption
joker
monkey wrench
mountain
obstruction
restriction
rub
snag
stumbling block
traverse
vicissitude
obstacles
noun
impediment, barrier
Catch-22
bar
block
booby trap
bump
catch
check
clog
crimp
difficulty
disincentive
encumbrance
hamper
handicap
hang-up
hardship
hindrance
hitch
hurdle
interference
interruption
joker
monkey wrench
mountain
obstruction
restriction
rub
snag
stumbling block
traverse
vicissitude
onus
noun
burden
bar sinister
black eye
blame
blot
blur
brand
charge
culpability
deadweight
duty
encumbrance
fault
guilt
incubus
liability
load
millstone
obligation
odium
oppression
responsibility
slur
spot
stain
stigma
task
tax
weight
pressure
noun
physical force, weight
burden
compressing
compression
crushing
encumbrance
heaviness
load
mass
shear
squeeze
squeezing
strain
strength
stress
tension
thrust
pressures
noun
physical force, weight
burden
compressing
compression
crushing
encumbrance
heaviness
load
mass
shear
squeeze
squeezing
strain
strength
stress
tension
thrust
responsibilities
noun
accountability, blame
albatross
amenability
answerability
authority
boundness
burden
care
charge
constraint
contract
culpability
duty
encumbrance
engagement
fault
guilt
holding the bag
importance
incubus
incumbency
liability
obligation
obligatoriness
onus
pledge
power
rap
restraint
subjection
trust
responsibility
noun
accountability, blame
albatross
amenability
answerability
authority
boundness
burden
care
charge
constraint
contract
culpability
duty
encumbrance
engagement
fault
guilt
holding the bag
importance
incubus
incumbency
liability
obligation
obligatoriness
onus
pledge
power
rap
restraint
subjection
trust
weight
noun
burden
albatross
ball and chain
charge
cumber
cumbrance
deadweight
duty
encumbrance
excess baggage
load
millstone
onus
oppression
pressure
responsibility
strain
task
tax
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