apprehension
1. [ noun ] fearful expectation or anticipation
Synonyms: dread apprehensiveness
Examples:

: "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

Related terms: fear suspense foreboding gloom trepidation chill fear
2. [ noun ] (psychology) the cognitive condition of someone who understands
Synonyms: understanding savvy discernment
Examples:

"he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

Related terms: knowing appreciation comprehension insight realization grasping hindsight self-knowledge comprehension smattering understand get_the_picture
3. [ noun ] painful expectation
Synonyms: misgiving
Related terms: expectation misgive
4. [ noun ] (criminal law) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
Synonyms: arrest pinch collar taking_into_custody catch
Examples:

"the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

Related terms: capture collar
Similar spelling:   apprehend
  apprehensive
  apprehensible
  apprehensively
  apprehender
  apprehended
  apprentice
  apprenticed
  apprehanded