1. (n.) Absence or disregard of law and government\; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.

2. (n.) Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.

aloofness amorphia amorphism amorphousness anarchism anarcho-syndicalism anomie antinomianism blurriness chaos confusion criminal syndicalism criminalism criminality diffusion discontinuity discreteness disjunction dislocation disorder disorderliness disorganization dispersal dispersion disruption dissolution distemper entropy fabulous formless darkness formlessness foul-up fuzziness hassle haziness illegality illicit business illicitness impermissibility incoherence inconsistency indecisiveness indefiniteness indeterminateness lawlessness legal flaw license lynch law messiness misrule mistiness mix-up mob law mob rule mobocracy morass muddle nihilism nonadhesion noncohesion obscurity ochlocracy orderlessness outlawry primal chaos rebellion reign of terror revolution riot scattering screw-up separateness shapelessness snafu syndicalism technical flaw tohubohu turmoil unadherence unadhesiveness unclearness unlawfulness unruliness untenacity vagueness wrongfulness