discomfiture

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISCOMFITURE, noun Rout; defeat in battle; dispersion; overthrow. Every mans sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture 1 Samuel 14:20. 2. Defeat; frustration; disappointment.
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