solicitude

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Etymology

From Old French < Latin sollicitudo (“anxiety”) < sollicitus, solicitus (“anxious, solicitous”); see solicitous.

Noun

solicitude (usually uncountable; plural solicitudes)

  1. The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
  2. A feeling of excessive concern.

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