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1. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but more often it is caused by some kind of horror or an extreme anxiety about something: A trepidation implies a quivering or shaking kind of fear.
2. A state of terror, alarm, fright, or an excessive disturbance: Even though Mary had a psychiatrist working with her to overcome a dread of flying, she still had a great deal of difficulty getting on a passenger plane without a significant degree of trepidation.
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2. A state of terror, alarm, fright, or an excessive disturbance: Even though Mary had a psychiatrist working with her to overcome a dread of flying, she still had a great deal of difficulty getting on a passenger plane without a significant degree of trepidation.
In the biology class at Jane's high school, several students refused to touch a harmless snake because of their trepidation of even being near the animal.
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