# trepidation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #40,936

## Definitions
1. Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
2. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
3. 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.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trepidātiō, from trepidō (“be agitated”).

## Common misspellings (17)
`rtepidation`, `terpidation`, `treipdation`, `trepdiation`, `trepiadtion`, `trepidaiton`, `trepidasion`, `trepidatino`, `trepidationn`, `trepidatoin`, `trepidattion`, `trepiddation`, `trepidtaion`, `treppidation`, `trpeidation`, `trrepidation`, `ttrepidation`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/trepidation