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1. A charge against property (as a lien or mortgage)
   - encumbrance
    
2. An onerous or difficult concern
   "the incumbrance of responsibility";
   - 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