Definition of apprehension
1 : suspicion or fear especially of future evil : foreboding an atmosphere of nervous apprehension
2 : seizure by legal process : arrest apprehension of a criminal
3a : the act or power of perceiving or comprehending something
a person of dull apprehension
b : the result of apprehending something mentally : conception according to popular apprehension
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The first known use of apprehension was in the 14th century
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