solicitude

IPA: sʌɫˈɪsɪtud

The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire for good; anxiety.
Special or pronounced concern or attention.
A cause of anxiety or concern.

Examples of "solicitude" in Sentences

Now sloth is opposed to solicitude, which is an act of prudence, as stated above (Q. 47, A. 9).
He represents for us the guide of Christ himself in the history, and his solicitude is the salvation of the world.
My solicitude is so great, and my suspense so painful, that I cannot rest a moment in peace, or turn my thoughts into any other channel.
The child, become an object of anxious solicitude, is usually restrained from the more hardy play of his young neighbors, and a retarded physical development is the result.
The real and principal object of my anxiety and solicitude is you, and the situation in which you have been so unjustly placed, by the circumstances which have taken place.
For that cannot be a true solicitude, which is not produced in the heart by any other means except by an irresistible force according to the absolute purpose and intention of
In short, the object of his solicitude was a stout, leathern valise, in the wagon, and which was so heavy that it required the strength of two ordinary men to handle it easily.
As soon as the house was quiet he returned to the turret, made desperate by reflecting on her distress, and thinking it better to hazard a discovery than to leave her a whole night in solicitude so alarming.