com·pre·hen·sion 
(kŏm′prĭ-hĕnshən)
(kŏm′prĭ-hĕnshən)n.
1.
a. The act or fact of grasping the meaning, nature, or importance of; understanding.
b. The knowledge that is acquired in this way.
2. Capacity to include; comprehensiveness.
3. Logic The sum of meanings and corresponding implications inherent in a term.
[Middle English comprehensioun, from Latin comprehēnsiō, comprehēnsiōn-, from comprehēnsus, past participle of comprehendere, to comprehend; see COMPREHEND.]