1. Fearful expectation or anticipation
   "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
   - apprehensiveness, dread 
2. The cognitive condition of someone who understands
   - understanding, discernment, savvy 
3. Painful expectation
   - misgiving 
4. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
   - arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody

Derived forms: apprehensions

See also: apprehend

Type of: capture, expectation, fear, fearfulness, fright, gaining control, knowing, outlook, prospect, seizure

Encyclopedia: Apprehension

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