Apprehension vs. Apprehensiveness

Apprehensionnoun

(rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.

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

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perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment

Apprehensionnoun

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

Apprehensionnoun

The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

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Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.

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The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

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The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.

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The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.

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Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

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The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.

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Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.

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fearful expectation or anticipation;

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the cognitive condition of someone who understands;

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painful expectation

Apprehensionnoun

the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal);

Apprehensivenessnoun

the state of being apprehensive

Apprehensivenessnoun

The quality or state of being apprehensive.

Apprehensivenessnoun

fearful expectation or anticipation;