Apprehension

Quick meaning: Apprehension is a noun meaning (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

Meaning

(law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

More Meanings

1. Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
2. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
3. The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
4. Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
5. (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.

Example Sentences

We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life.

The warrant had been issued for his apprehension on the charge of rioting.

The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground.

Strangers of limited information and dull apprehension were sometimes observed not to know what a Powler was.

Word Forms

• apprehensions

Synonyms for apprehension

Depending on context, synonyms include alarm, trepidation, awareness, sense, misgiving, qualm.

Antonyms for apprehension

Common opposites include inapprehension.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include arrest, catch, savvy, pinch, discernment, understanding.

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