failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.