trepidation

• The face of the old butler wore a look of mingled determination and nervousness--the expression of a timid man who had braced himself to a bold course of action after much irresolute deliberation I beg your pardon, sir," he said, and his trepidation was apparent in his voice. —  The Hand in the Dark
• But his trepidation was absorbed in his amazement when in the distance he observed St. Barbe, with a very stiff white cravat, and his hair brushed into unnatural order, and his whole demeanour forming a singular contrast to the rollicking cynicisms of Joe's and the office Mr. Neuchatel presented St. Barbe to the lady of the mansion. —  Endymion
• It assumed its new role with trepidation, the government of the revolution, but not itself especially revolutionary. —  Mises Dailies
• But not with trepidation, advised another AMC speaker, futurist Paul Saffo, associate professor at Stanford University. —  Advertising Age - Homepage
• With more than a bit of trepidation, here is my first foray into that mystical world known as TMI Tuesday. —  Views From the Back Row

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