1. A charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
   - encumbrance 
2. An onerous or difficult concern
   - burden, load, encumbrance, onus 
3. Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
   - hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, interference

Derived forms: incumbrances

Type of: charge, concern, headache, impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor, vexation, worry

Encyclopedia: Incumbrance

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