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   trepidation

   /ˌtrɛpɪˈdeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen: "the men set off in fear and trepidation"
   • 2. trembling movements or motion. archaic

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin trepidatio(n-), from trepidare ‘be agitated, tremble’, from trepidus ‘alarmed’.

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