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Bedenklichkeit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apprehension noun A worried feeling that something bad might happen; anxiety about the future.
  • gravity noun The force that pulls objects toward the center of the earth, or more generally, that pulls masses toward each other.

Senses

Bedenklichkeit is used for these senses in English:

  • apprehension Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
  • gravity (physics) A law or laws of gravitation: any theory which attempts to account for the phenomena of weight and/or the mutual attraction of massive objects (Aristotelian gravity, Newtonian gravity).

apprehension — full definition

  1. noun A worried feeling that something bad might happen; anxiety about the future.
  2. noun The act of catching or arresting someone.
  3. noun Basic understanding or grasp of an idea.

gravity — full definition

  1. noun The force that pulls objects toward the center of the earth, or more generally, that pulls masses toward each other.
  2. noun Seriousness or importance, especially of a situation.

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