CONFUSION, n. 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. God is not the author of confusion. 1 Corinthians. 14. 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. Psalm 71.We lie in shame and our confusion covereth us. Jeremiah 3.5. 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 45.7. A shameful blending of natures, a shocking crime. Leviticus 18:23, 20:12.
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