apprehension

noun

anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill
seize, take into custody
the act or power of perceiving or comprehending something

Pronunciation: /æp.ɹɪˈhɛn.ʃən/ / /æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən/

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.

The taking of something.
“The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground.”
The taking of something.
“The warrant had been issued for his apprehension on the charge of rioting.”
“When he told us that a large reward was offered by Sir Leicester Dedlock for the murderer's apprehension, I did not in my first consternation understand why; […]”
The awareness of something
“We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life.”
The awareness of something
“We think we get a kind of vague apprehension of what London means from the top of a 'bus better than anywhere else.”
The awareness of something
“Strangers of limited information and dull apprehension were sometimes observed not to know what a Powler was.”
The awareness of something
“Every circumstance which evinced the savage nature of the beings at whose mercy I was, augmented the fearful apprehensions that consumed me.”