Thesaurus: trepidation

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1. n. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
2. n. Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.
3. n. 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. n. a feeling of alarm or dread
5. 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.
6. A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; amotion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain smallchanges in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.
7. n:100 n. a feeling of alarm or dread