Emily Dickinson Lexicon

apprehension (-s, -'s), n. [see apprehend, v.] (webplay: affirming, conceive, certainty, fear, food, inference, in the mind, opinion, think).

1. Expectation; prediction; suggestion; conjecture; allusion; premonition; foreshadowing.
2. Fear; suspicion; dread; anxiety; worry; uncertainty; mental uneasiness about the future.
3. Belief; recognition; manifestation; perception of the presence of; acknowledgment of the existence of.
4. Understanding; comprehension; contemplation; idea; opinion; conception; knowledge; consciousness; expectation; demand; preconceived notion.