0 something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing:
Sally had been recovering well from her operation, but yesterday she experienced/suffered a setback.
2 something that happens that causes a delay or prevents a process from continuing:
Yet despite the initial optimism surrounding it, the commission almost immediately suffered setbacks.
He suffers early professional setbacks but emerges triumphant by the end of the novel because he has never compromised his own individuality.
But at the same time the suffrage campaign suffered setbacks.
Democratising the public sphere turned out to be a gradual process from within, encompassing a multitude of conflicts and setbacks.
Therefore, the manipulation of setbacks and building to building distances can directly influence social interactions.
Facing it were four divisions, three of which were downcast due to the previous successive setbacks.
Despite this setback, the reformers continued to push their case through an increasingly competitive and radical local press.
The disruption of war was just one setback.
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