Associations to the word «Trepidation»

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.

TREPIDATION, noun. A feeling of alarm or dread.