Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fear
Meaning of Fear
Apprehension of harm, awareness of danger and response thereto.
Fear Alternative Definition
In criminal law. Dread; consciousness of approaching danger. To constitute rape, the fear must be of death or great bodily harm. 39 Fla. 155; 45 Conn. 263; 139 Ind. 531. Fear is an element of several crimes, and the nature and extent thereof varies with the crime. Thus, to constitute robbery, where the taking was by putting in fear, the fear may be of injury to the person (2 East, P. C. 712), of injury to property (2 East, P. C. 731), or of injury to character or reputation (12 Ga. 319). See “Putting in Fear.”
Synonyms of Fear
noun
- affright
- alarm
- anxiety
- apprehension
- apprehension of danger
- apprehension of harm
- apprehension of injury
- apprehension of punishment
- apprehensiveness
- awe
- concern
- consternation
- cowardice
- cowardliness
- cravenness
- diffidence
- dismay
- disquietude
- dread
- faintheartedness
- fearfulness
- foreboding
- fright
- horror
- intimidation
- metus
- misgiving
- panic
- pavor
- phobia
- presentiment
- pusillanimity
- qualm
- scare
- state of anxiety
- terror
- timidity
- tivior
- timorousnesstrepidation
- uneasiness
- want of confidence Associated Concepts: duress
- mental anguish foreign phrases: Nihil consensui tarn contrarium est quam vis atque metus
- Nothing is so opposed to consent as force and fear
- Vani timoris justa excusatio non est
- A frivolous fear is not a lawful excuse
- Vani timores sunt aestimandi
- qui non cadunt in constantem virum
- Those fears are to be regarded as groundless which do not affect an ordinary
- steady man
verb
- anticipate danger
- anticipate injury
- apprehend
- apprehend danger
- apprehend harm
- apprehend punishment
- be a coward
- be afraid
- be alarmed
- be anxious
- be apprehensive
- be concerned
- be cowardly
- be daunted
- be fearful
- be frightened
- be horrified
- be in awe
- be intimidated
- be nervous
- be overawed
- be petrified
- be scared
- be startled
- be terrified
- be timid
- cower
- dare not
- dread
- feel terror
- fret
- have qualms
- live in terror
- lose courage
- metuere
- stand aghast
- stand in awe
- take alarm
- take fright
- timere
- vereri
- worry
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- Affray
- Defense
- Duress
- Influence
- Quia Timet
- Robbery
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