Definition of apprehension

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Apprehension (n.) The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception..

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Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread.
Preapprehension :: Preapprehension (n.) An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge.
Imagination :: Imagination (n.) The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.
Securely :: Securely (adv.) In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.
Secure :: Secure (v. t.) To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect..
Security :: Security (n.) Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty..
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
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..
Notion :: Notion () Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae..
Phase :: Phase (n.) Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view; as, the problem has many phases..
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
Dread :: Dread (n.) Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
Conception :: Conception (n.) The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension..
Panic :: Panic (a.) By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
Aptness :: Aptness (n.) Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others..
Startlingly :: Startle (n.) A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger..
Dismay :: Dismay (v. i.) To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
Apprehensively :: Apprehensively (adv.) In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.
Misapprehension :: Misapprehension (n.) A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.
Notionally :: Notionally (adv.) In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.
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