Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-FU'SION, 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 xix. God is not the author of confusion. – 1 Cor. xiv.
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. – Ps. lxxi. We lie in shame, and our confusion covereth us. – Jer. iii.
5. Astonishment; agitation; perturbation; distraction of mind. Confusion dwelt in every face. – Spectator.
6. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. The makers of idols shall go to confusion together. – Is. xlv.
7. A shameful blending of natures, a shocking crime. Levit. xviii, 23; xx, 12.