Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Embroilment \Em*broil"ment\, n. [Cf. F. embrouillement.]
   The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled;
   entanglement in a broil. --Bp. Burnet.

Source : WordNet®

embroilment
     n : an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political
         situation [syn: {imbroglio}]