UNREST
unrest
(noun) a feeling of restless agitation
agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
unrest (usually uncountable, plural unrests)
A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
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Source: Wiktionary
Un*rest", n.
Definition: Want of rest or repose; unquietness; sleeplessness; uneasiness;
disquietude.
Is this, quoth she, the cause of your unrest! Chaucer.
Can calm despair and wild unrest Be tenants of a single breast
Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition