Dictionary

confusion

Webster 1828

CONFUSION, noun 1. In a general sense, a mixture of several things promiscuously; hence, disorder; irregularity; as the confusion of tongues at Babel.2. Tumult; want of order in society.The whole city was filled with confusion Acts 19:29.God is not the author of confusion 1 Corinthians 14:33.3. A blending or confounding; indistinct combination; opposed to distinctness or perspicuity; as a confusion of ideas.4. Abashment; shame.O Lord, let me never be put to confusion Psalms 71:1.We lie in shame and our confusion covereth us. Jeremiah 3:25.5. Astonishment; agitation; perturbation; distraction of mind.CONFUSION dwelt in every face.6. Overthrow; defeat; ruin.The makers of idols shall go to confusion together. Isaiah 45:16.7. A shameful blending of natures, a shocking crime. Leviticus 18:23, 20:12