trepidation
/ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/ noun C2- Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence. · I decided, with considerable trepidation, to let him drive my car without me.
- An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
Plural trepidations
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The Ass, observing his trepidation at the mere crowing of a Cock summoned courage to attack him, and galloped after him for that purpose.
She had heard nothing of Lady Catherine that spoke her awful from any extraordinary talents or miraculous virtue, and the mere stateliness of money and rank she thought she could witness without trepidation.
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