thwarting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of thwart

noun

1. An instance of blocking or obstructing.

   “[…] the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swims and makes his point or else is carried headlong.”