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Meaning of 'drawback' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Drawback [ n.]
- A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.
- Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied.

Meaning of 'drawback' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . drawback [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of being a hindrance
Example in sentence:
  • he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan

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