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n.

The state of being fearful.

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    Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger: affright, alarm, apprehension, dread, fear, fright, funk, horror, panic, terror, trepidation. Slang cold feet. Idioms: fear and trembling. See fear/courage.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
  Synonyms: fear, fright

Meaning #2: the trait of being afraid
  Antonym: fearlessness (meaning #2)

 
 
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