confusion Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
   
   • the army retreated in confusion
2. noun a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
   disarray; confusedness; mental confusion; muddiness.
   
   • a confusion of impressions
3. noun a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
   discombobulation.
   
4. noun an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended
   
   • the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel
5. noun a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
   mix-up.
   
   • he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw

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