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What does trepidation mean?

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Noun
  1. A fearful state; a state of hesitation or concern.
  2. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
  3. (astronomy) 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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I enter the changing room with some trepidation but she could not be friendlier or more approachable.
I gripped my backpack, knuckles whitening as the trepidation in my gut hardened into anger.
Things like exams, homework, and boring lectures are frequently the cause of much student trepidation.
I think after the England game we had gone into the match against Italy with a little trepidation.
So it was with trepidation that your humble reviewer handed the book to his twelve-year-old sister for her verdict.
The sterling barkeep takes his large key over to the door and locks it, shooting the bolts home with a quiet trepidation.

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