Obstruction /(?)/

Ob·struc·tion

Obstruction

n.
  1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
  2. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
    A popular assembly free from obstruction.
  3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death. [Poetic]
    To die, and go we know not where, To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot.
    Disparity in age seems a greater obstacle to an intimate friendship than inequality of fortune.
    — Collier.
    The king expected to meet with all the obstructions and difficulties his enraged enemies could lay in his way.