English-French translations for apprehension

• anxiété
• appréhension
  Elle engendre inquiétudes et appréhension. It causes concern and apprehension.
  Dans d'autres domaines également, l'appréhension est de mise. There are reasons for apprehension in other areas, too.
  Par conséquent, je voudrais apaiser ces appréhensions. Therefore I should like to lay these apprehensions to rest.
• arrestation
• crainte
  Les aspects de sécurité seront garantis dans ce projet civil, encore une crainte des États-Unis après les événements du 11 septembre et le conflit en Afghanistan. After 11 September and during the Afghanistan conflict, the United States had apprehensions about the security aspects of what is a civilian project, but these will be safeguarded.

Definition of apprehension

• The physical act of seizing or taking hold of ; seizing
• The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest
• perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
• Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea
• The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding
• Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill

Related words

• apprehensive
• apprehensively
• misapprehension
• apprehensible
• apprehensiveness
• inapprehensible
• apprehensibility
• inapprehensive
• apprehension comprehension