Clues for the word "TREPIDATION"

We've had 5 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 3 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Universal crossword on May 02, 2017.

Definition of trepidation

n. - An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
n. - Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.
n. - 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.