Trepidation Definition

trĕpĭ-dāshən
noun
Fearful uncertainty, anxiety, etc.; apprehension.
Webster's New World
Tremulous or trembling movement; quaking; tremor.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Trepidation

Noun

Singular:
trepidation
Plural:
trepidations

Origin of Trepidation

  • Latin trepidātiō trepidātiōn- from trepidātus past participle of trepidāre to be in a state of confusion from trepidus anxious

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin trepidātiō, from trepidō (“be agitated")

    From Wiktionary

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