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.
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