noun a situation in which things are not organised in the correct way or are not clear ○ There were scenes of confusion at the airport when the snowstorm stopped all flights.
con•fu´sion
n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.]
1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. “The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable.
Whewell.” “Moody beggars starving for a time
Of pellmell havoc and confusion.
Shak.”
2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. “Confusion dwelt in every face
And fear in every heart.
Spectator.”
3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. “Ruin seize thee, ruthless king,
Confusion on thy banners wait.
Gray.”
4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] Chapmen. Confusion of goods (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. Blackstone. Bouvier.
1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. “The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable.
Whewell.” “Moody beggars starving for a time
Of pellmell havoc and confusion.
Shak.”
2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. “Confusion dwelt in every face
And fear in every heart.
Spectator.”
3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. “Ruin seize thee, ruthless king,
Confusion on thy banners wait.
Gray.”
4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] Chapmen. Confusion of goods (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. Blackstone. Bouvier.
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