Associations to the word «Trepidation»
Noun
Wiktionary
TREPIDATION, noun. A fearful state; a state of hesitation or concern.
TREPIDATION, noun. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
TREPIDATION, noun. (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.
Dictionary definition
TREPIDATION, noun. A feeling of alarm or dread.
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