Definition of disturbance
- n. - An interruption of a state of peace or quiet;
derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a
disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic
current.
- n. - Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings;
perplexity; uneasiness.
- n. - Violent agitation in the body politic; public
commotion; tumult.
- n. - The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful
and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as,
the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like.