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(abnormal condition) noun
affliction, ailment, complaint, condition, disability, disease, distemper, handicap, illness, indisposition, infirmity, malady, malfunction, sickness
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(lack of order) noun
anarchism, anarchy, breach of peace, chaos, commotion, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, discomposure, disharmony, dishevelment, disorderly conduct, disorganization, disturbance, fracas, irregularity, lack of regular order, lawlessness, muddle, pandemonium, racket, riot, slipshodness, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, uproar
associated concepts: breach of the peace, disorderly conduct
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agitate (shake up), anarchy, commotion, complex (entanglement), confuse (create disorder), confusion (turmoil), degenerate, detriment, disability (physical inability), discompose, disease, dislocate, disorganize, disorient, disrupt, disturb, disturbance, embroilment, entanglement (confusion), havoc, imbroglio, incoherence, insurrection, irregularity, misrule, muddle, pandemonium, panic, perturb, riot, shambles, snarl, turmoil, violence
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.Confusion, a lack of order; unlawful and riotous behavior.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.