Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Discomfiture

Discomfiture (?; 135) , noun

[Old French desconfiture, French déconfiture. See Discomfort, transitive verb, and compare Comfiture.]

The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.
Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. — 1 Sam. xiv. 20
A hope destined to end... in discomfiture and disgrace. — Macaulay