1. Noun
The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
2. Noun
The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
3. Noun
The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
4. Noun
Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
5. Noun
The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
6. Noun
Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.
7. Noun
the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
Vocabulary classified under Psychology
8. Noun
fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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