Violent movement, commotion. Tumult, uproar; political disturbance, sedition; insurrection. Obsolete or merged in other senses.

Political agitation, civil unrest; (hence) an uprising or revolt. Obsolete.

Public disturbance, disorder, or confusion; with a and plural an instance of this, a disturbance, an agitation.

The condition of being misruled; disorder, anarchy; (gen.) riotous conduct; commotion, riot. Also figurative.

Public disturbance or disorder; tumult, sedition, insurrection. (The earliest sense recorded.)

Commotion, disturbance, tumult; general excitement; fuss. Now usually with a; the plural, now rare, was formerly common, esp. in the sense ‘publick…

Bad government of a country or state; maladministration. Hence also: disorder, anarchy.

The action of rolling or turning round; unstable condition; political agitation. Obsolete.

plural. Disorders, commotions.

transferred and figurative. Derangement, disturbance, or disorder (esp. in a state or body politic). (Now always with allusion to sense 4.)

transferred and figurative. Derangement, disturbance, disorder (of society, the state, etc.). archaic or Obsolete.

Violent social or political agitation.

Unsettled state or condition.

The action of turning or causing to turn upwards; an instance of this.

figurative. = upheaval, n. 2.

humorous. the natives are restless and variants: trouble is brewing; there is discontent or dissatisfaction.