Disturbed or violent motion; agitation. [What] commotion in the winds! Shak.
A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot. When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. Luke xxi. 9.
Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement. "He could not debate anything without some commotion." Clarendon.
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