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

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

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

the laying of charges either by way of an arrest or summons by a police officer against a person alleged to have committed a criminal offence. Does not include juvenile cautions or minor traffic charges.

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

fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

painful expectation

Fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread.

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

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

the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"