setbacks

noun

1. Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
2. setback(def 4).

noun

1. a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback.
2. Architecture. a recession of the upper part of a building from the building line, as to lighten the structure or to permit a desired amount of light and air to reach ground level at the foot of the building.
3. an act or instance of setting back: A nightly setback of your home thermostats can save a great deal of fuel.
4. Also set-back. a downward temperature adjustment of a thermostat, especially performed automatically, as by a timer.

n.also set-back, 1670s, “reversal, check to progress,” from set (v.) + back (adv.). Sometimes backset was used in the same sense. Meaning “space between a building and a property line” is from 1916. To set (someone) back “cost” is from 1900.