Definition of apprehension

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Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension..

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Securely :: Securely (adv.) In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.
Preapprehension :: Preapprehension (n.) An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.
Cognizance :: Cognizance (n.) Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
Dread :: Dread (n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
Affright :: Affright (n.) Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror..
Aptness :: Aptness (n.) Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others..
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped..
Apprehension :: Apprehension (n.) Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil..
Afraid :: Afraid (p. a.) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.
Abstruseness :: Abstruseness (n.) The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension.
Fear :: Fear (v. i.) To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
Conceit :: Conceit (n.) Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit..
Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
Alas :: Alas (interj.) An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white..
Seeming :: Seeming (n.) Apprehension; judgment.
Error :: Error (n.) A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.
Phase :: Phase (n.) Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases..
Fear :: Fear (n.) A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread..
Alarm :: Alarm (n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise..
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