let or hindrance

let or hindrance
formal obstruction or impediment

the passport opened frontiers to the traveler without let or hindrance


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  • let — let1 [let] vt. let, letting [ME leten < OE lætan, to leave behind, akin to Ger lassen < IE * lēd < base * lēi , to neglect, leave behind > LATE, L letum, death] 1. to leave; forsake; abandon: now only in phrases let alone or let be or …   English World dictionary

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  • let — I. /lɛt / (say let) verb (let, letting) –verb (t) 1. to allow or permit. 2. to allow to pass, go, or come. 3. to cause or allow to escape. 4. Also, let out. to grant the occupancy or use of (land, buildings, rooms, space, etc., or moveable… …  

  • let — 1. v. & n. v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we let them go). b cause to (let me know; let it be known). 2 tr. (foll. by into) a allow to enter. b make acquainted with (a secret etc.). c inlay in. 3 tr …   Useful english dictionary

  • LET — 1. v. & n. v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we let them go). b cause to (let me know; let it be known). 2 tr. (foll. by into) a allow to enter. b make acquainted with (a secret etc.). c inlay in. 3 tr …   Useful english dictionary

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