D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Setback

/(sĕt"băk`)/ · Set·back · IPA /ˈsɛtbæk/
01 n. Offset, n., 4.
  1. 1.
    Offset, n., 4.(Arch.) See: Offset
  2. 2.
    A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.[U. S.]
  3. 3.
    A reversal of progress in an endeavor; a reverse; a backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse.[Colloq. U.S.]