Trepidation

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1. Noun

An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.

2. Noun

Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.

3. Noun

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.

4. Noun

a feeling of alarm or dread
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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