Associations to the word «Apprehension»

Wiktionary

APPREHENSION, noun. (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure.
APPREHENSION, noun. (legal) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
APPREHENSION, noun. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
APPREHENSION, noun. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
APPREHENSION, noun. The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
APPREHENSION, noun. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.

Dictionary definition

APPREHENSION, noun. Fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension".
APPREHENSION, noun. The cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect".
APPREHENSION, noun. Painful expectation.
APPREHENSION, noun. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar".

Wise words

Four things come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, ad the neglected opportunity.
Arabian Proverb