A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
A difficult circumstance or problem.
A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.