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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: trepidatio, from trepidare 'to shake'

trepidation

 noun
     
trep‧i‧da‧tion [uncountable]
a feeling of anxiety or fear about something that is going to happen:
With some trepidation, I opened the door.
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