- the quality of being a hindrance
"he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"

1. A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.

"The avarice of Henry VII . . . . must be deemed a drawback from the wisdom ascribed to him." -- Hallam.

2. (Com.) Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied. M‘Culloch.