Both Uses of
tumult
in
Common Sense
- But the tumult soon subsides.†
Chpt Intr *
- And a government which cannot preserve the peace, is no government at all, and in that case we pay our money for nothing; and pray what is it that Britain can do, whose power will be wholly on paper, should a civil tumult break out the very day after reconciliation!†
Chpt 3.
Definition:
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(tumult as in: tumult in financial markets) confusion or disorder -- often noisy