Dictionary entry

Turbulence

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tur″bu‐lence (?), n. [L. turbulentia: cf. F. turbulebce.] The quality or state of being turbulent; a disturbed state; tumult; disorder; agitation. Shak.

The years of... warfare and turbulence which ensued. Southey.

Syn. — Agitation; commotion; tumult; tumultuousness; termagance; unruliness; insubordination; rioting.