About The Word Trepidation
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Trepidation
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What's The Definition Of Trepidation?
[n] a feeling of alarm or dread
Synonyms | Synonyms for Trepidation: Related Terms | Find terms related to Trepidation: See Also | apprehension | apprehensiveness | dread Trepidation In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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