Noun

(uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.

(countable) Specific instance of being intensely terrified.

* 1794 , (William Godwin),

The terrors with which I was seizedwere extreme.

(uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.

* 1921', (Edith Birkhead), ''The tale of '''terror : a study of the Gothic romance

(countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.

* 1841 , (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The terrors of the storm

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Noun

Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.

An act of showing respect, such as a bow.

* Goldsmith

Make twenty reverences upon receiving about twopence.

The state of being revered.

* Francis Bacon

When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.

A form of address for some members of the clergy.

your reverence

That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.

* Shakespeare

I am forced to lay my reverence by.