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Definition of Setback
Setback

Offset, n., 4.

A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.

A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.

Related Definitions:
An, Backset, Check, Countercurrent, Eddy, Offset, Relapse, Repulse, Reverse


Setback Quotations

Anytime you suffer a setback or disappointment, put your head down and plow ahead.
Les Brown

If you have a setback, and you're not doing well and then you overcome it somehow, it always sticks with you. You know it could happen again.
Sam Donaldson

People who make money often make mistakes, and even have major setbacks, but they believe they will eventually prosper, and they see every setback as a lesson to be applied in their move towards success.
Jerry Gillies

I knew that I did not have to buy into society's notion that I had to be handsome and healthy to be happy. I was in charge of my "spaceship" and it was my up, my down. I could choose to see this situation as a setback or as a starting point. I chose to begin life again.
Warren Mitchell

We suffered a setback and there were too many trades until Dave Taylor came along and Charlie Simmer.
Marcel Dionne

Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this region. The struggle for Iraq is the struggle for the future of the world.
Zalmay Khalilzad

Setback Translations

setback in French is revers


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