confusion

/kən-ˈfyü-zhən/

Middle English confusioun "ruin, disgrace, disorder," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French confusiun, borrowed from Latin confūsiōn-, confūsiō "mixing, combining, disorder, consternation," from confud-, variant stem of confundere "to pour together, blend, bring into disorder, destroy, disconcert" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action

noun

  1. an act or instance of confusing

  2. the quality or state of being confused

  3. a confused mass or mixture

confusion of the issue