Definition of fear

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Fear (n.) Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.

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Awe :: Awe (n.) Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To express fear, horror, or pain by contracting the body, or part of it; to shudder; to quake..
Run :: Run (a.) To flee, as from fear or danger..
Melt :: Melt (v. i.) Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear..
Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death..
Blench :: Blench (v. t.) To draw back from; to deny from fear.
Fear :: Fear (n.) Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.
Trepidation :: Trepidation (n.) Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation..
Fear :: Fear (n.) To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.
Exempt :: Exempt (a.) To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain..
Awful :: Awful (a.) Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene..
Irresolution :: Irresolution (n.) Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation..
Papaphobia :: Papaphobia (n.) Intense fear or dread of the pope, or of the Roman Catholic Church..
Great-hearted :: Great-hearted (a.) High-spirited; fearless.
Wheyface :: Wheyface (n.) One who is pale, as from fear..
Blanch :: Blanch (v. t.) To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed..
Revere :: Revere (v. t.) To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation..
Apprehend :: Apprehend (v. i.) To be apprehensive; to fear.
Alarm :: Alarm (n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise..
Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To fill with fear; to affright.
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