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What is the noun for trepidation?

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trepidation
  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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  5. Examples:
    1. “The sterling barkeep takes his large key over to the door and locks it, shooting the bolts home with a quiet trepidation.”
      “Despite his trepidation, betrayed by occasional furtive glances to the right and left, Waddley was the quintessence of efficiency.”
      “Since I finished the book I have watched with trepidation and wonder as Maisie has begun to attract male admirers.”
trepidity
trepidations
  1. plural of trepidation
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  3. Examples:
    1. “And the jest and joy of Israel's care-free life was to make them skip and shiver and dance to the tune of their trepidations.”
      “No trepidations of anxiety come in to disturb the preconcerted order and method of her course.”
      “The tale that I heard from him, and his present trepidations, were abundant testimonies of his guilt.”
trepidities
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