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apprehension

noun

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An uneasy expectation that something unpleasant may happen.

He felt apprehension before presenting his first proposal.
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The volunteers' apprehension grew as they imagined disappointed contributors arriving to find their work absent from the display.
From An Exhibition Changes Course.
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