Sentence:  If Paul, in diſmiſſing, had conſidered only his natural cruelty, or his folly, real or affected, perhaps the meaſure would have been applauded  but he appeared to aim at puniſing the man devoted to his mother, and the <WSD>thwarter</WSD> of his military innovations, which were too abrupt and too ill-directed 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person or thing that thwarts.