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trepidation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trepidation \Trep`i*da"tion\, n. [F. tr['e]pidation, L. trepidatio, fr trepidare to hurry with alarm, to tremble, from trepidus agitated, disturbed, alarmed; cf trepit he turns, Gr ? to turn, E. torture.] 1. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering. 2. Hence a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as the men were in great trepidation. 3. (Anc. Astron.) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars. Syn: Tremor; agitation; disturbance; fear. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trepidation n : a feeling of alarm or dread
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