Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Perplexity

Perplexity , noun

[Latin perplexitas: compare French perplexité.]

The quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; distraction of mind through doubt or difficulty; embarrassment; bewilderment; doubt.
By their own perplexities involved, They ravel more. — Milton