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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of deranging, or the state of being deranged; a putting out of order; disturbance of regularity or regular course; disorder.
  • noun Disorder of the intellect or reason; insanity.
  • noun Synonyms Irregularity, confusion. Lunacy, madness, etc. See insanity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The property of being deranged.
  • noun An act or instance of deranging.
  • noun mathematics A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a state of mental disturbance and disorientation
  • noun the act of disturbing the mind or body

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