apprehensions
noun
Meaning
- The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.
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