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unrest

/ʌnˈɹɛst/ noun B2
  1. A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests. (uncountable)
  2. Something that troubles or confuses; that which causes unrest. (uncountable)

Plural unrests

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Jane was smiling and happy; examinations were over and she was comfortably sure she had made a pass at least; further considerations troubled Jane not at all; she had no soaring ambitions and consequently was not affected with the unrest attendant thereon.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 303 · C1

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