Word Meanings - DISEMBARRASSMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

Related words: (words related to DISEMBARRASSMENT)

• RELIEFLESS
  Destitute of relief; also, remediless.
• RELIEF
  A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant. (more info) 1. The
• RELIEFFUL
  Giving relief.
• IMPEDIMENT
  That which impedes or hinders progress, motion, activity, or effect. Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. Shak. Impediment in speech, a defect which prevents distinct utterance. Syn. -- Hindrance; obstruction;
• FREEDOM
  1. The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. Milton. 2. Privileges; franchises; immunities. Your charter and your caty's freedom. Shak. 3. Exemption
• IMPEDIMENTAL
  Of the nature of an impediment; hindering; obstructing; impeditive. Things so impediental to success. G. H. Lewes.
• IMPEDIMENTA
  Things which impede or hinder progress; incumbrances; baggage; specif. ,
• PERPLEXITY
  The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt. By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. Milton.
• DEMIRELIEF; DEMIRELIEVO
  Half relief. See Demi-rilievo.
• ENFREEDOM
  To set free. Shak.
• PHOTORELIEF
  A printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic means and subsequent manipulations. Knight.
• BASS-RELIEF
  Some as Bas-relief.
• BAS-RELIEF
  Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso- rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.