Comprehension /(?)/

Com·pre·hen·sion

Comprehension

n.
  1. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.
    In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old.
  2. That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome. [Obs.]
    Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them.
    — Chillingworth.
  3. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles.
  4. The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term. (Logic)
  5. A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite. (Rhet.)