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apprehension
  1. (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure.
  2. (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
  3. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
  4. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
  5. The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
  6. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “Their troubled words reflect a real apprehension about the future.”
      “A warrant has been issued for the accused's apprehension.”
      “It is a kind of gnosis, or direct apprehension of truth, which deepens over time and eventually reaches full maturity.”
apprehender
  1. Agent noun of apprehend; one who apprehends.
apprehensibility
apprehending
apprehensiveness
  1. the state of being apprehensive
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  3. Examples:
    1. “She couldn't shake off the apprehensiveness that lingered in her mind before the job interview.”
      “I felt a sense of apprehensiveness as I walked alone through the dark and deserted streets.”
      “It's almost as if all of his apprehensiveness and non-action stems from a lack of confidence in his own intelligence, or decisions.”
apprehendings
apprehensions
  1. plural of apprehension
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The same apprehensions, in every situation, regulate his notions of meanness or of dignity.”
      “In March 1837, writing in reply to a lost letter from Cole, Sturges echoed the artist's apprehensions and perhaps even his turns of phrase.”
      “And though this screen migration might be a good thing for some, it comes with a fair share of apprehensions, for others.”
apprehenders
  1. plural of apprehender
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