DISORDERING
Noun
disordering (plural disorderings)
The removal of order
Source: Wiktionary
DISORDER
Dis*or"der, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. désordre.]
1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement;
confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the
papers are in disorder.
2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity.
From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace
beyond the reach of art. Pope.
3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society;
tumult. Shak.
4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul;
sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body." Locke.
Syn.
– Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle;
disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment;
malady; distemper. See Disease.
Dis*or"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disordered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disordering.]
1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into
confusion; to confuse.
Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence. Burke.
The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a
common ruin. Jer. Taylor.
2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of
(either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to
discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach.
A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit.
Macaulay.
3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] Dryden.
Syn.
– To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition