fear noun
- a feeling of profound respect for someone or something"the fear of God""the Chinese reverence for the dead""the French treat food with gentle reverence""his respect for the law bordered on veneration"
- an anxious feeling"care had aged him""they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
- an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
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