Canadian English Meaning of trepidation

Trepidation

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Wordnet

trepidation (n)

a feeling of alarm or dread

Webster

trepidation (n.)

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

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

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.

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Trepidation

a feeling of alarm or dreadAn involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering., Hence, a state

anxiety,dread,fear,fearfulness,alarm,concern,Dismay,fright,Horror,panic

aplomb,assurance,boldness,confidence,Courage,self-confidence,audacity,bravery,Daring,fearlessness

trepid => jumpy, trephritidae => Tephritidae, trephining => Trephining, trephined => trephined, trephine => trephine,