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.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.