All 4 Uses
apprehension
in
Cry, the Beloved Country
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- One must also bear in mind the strange coincidence that what is argued to be a wrong identification led to the apprehension of an associate who immediately confessed.
Chpt 2.28 *apprehension = the capture (typically of a criminal)
- The small girls looked on, half with enjoyment, half with apprehension.
Chpt 3.32 *apprehension = worry or concern about what will happen
- It was as though a man borne upward into the air felt suddenly that the wings of miracle dropped away from him, so that he looked down upon the earth, sick with fear and apprehension.†
Chpt 1.13
- Then there was silence, and the small boys looked in fear at their elders, and the small girls went to their mothers, some weeping, some giggling with apprehension, some saying, We told you, we told you.†
Chpt 3.32
Definitions:
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(1)
(apprehension as in: apprehension about finals) worry about what is to come
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(2)
(apprehension as in: apprehension of the criminal) the capture of a criminal
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(3)
(apprehension as in: apprehension of the situation) to understand
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in psychology and philosophy: immediate awareness prior to analysis and judgment - (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)