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Meaning of confusion

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  confusion
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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