Word Meaning

apprehension definition and meaning

n. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
n. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
n. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
n. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
n. The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
n. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.

Crossword clues for apprehension

- Anxiety
- Anxiety about future arrest
- Dread taking criminal into custody
- Trepidation