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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Trepidation (0.00994 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: trepidation
trepidation
n : a feeling of alarm or dread
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Trepidation
Trepidation
\Trep`i*da"tion\, n. [F. tr['e]pidation, L.
trepidatio, fr. trepidare to hurry with alarm, to tremble,
from trepidus agitated, disturbed, alarmed; cf. trepit he
turns, Gr. ? to turn, E. torture.]
1. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of
paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking;
quivering.
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2. Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion;
fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.
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3. (Anc. Astron.) 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.
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Syn: Tremor; agitation; disturbance; fear.
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