Definition of apprehension
			
									- 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.
- 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.