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TREPIDATION
trepidation
(noun) a feeling of alarm or dread
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trepidation (countable and uncountable, plural trepidations)
A fearful state; a state of concern or hesitation.
Synonyms: agitation, apprehension, consternation, fear, hesitation, worry
An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
(astronomy, obsolete) 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.
Anagrams
• departition, partitioned
Source: Wiktionary
Trep`i*da"tion, n. Etym: [F. trépidation, L. trepidatio, fr. trepidare to hurry with alarm, to tremble, from trepidus agitated, disturbed, alarmed; cf. trepit he turns, Gr. 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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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