trepidation
noun /ˌtrepɪˈdeɪʃn/
/ˌtrepɪˈdeɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)- great worry or fear about something unpleasant that may happen
- He knocked on the door with some trepidation.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin trepidatio(n-), from trepidare ‘be agitated, tremble’, from trepidus ‘alarmed’.