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.
© Webster 1913.