Trepidation vs Abhorrence - What's the difference?
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A fearful state; a state of hesitation or concern.
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An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
(astronomy, obsolete) 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.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
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(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
As nouns the difference between trepidation and abhorrence
is that trepidation is a fearful state; a state of hesitation or concern while abhorrence is extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.trepidation
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Noun
(-)- I decided, with considerable trepidation , to let him drive my car without me.
- She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation . Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?
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