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.