Confusion - Definition

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