Rose awkwardly during brawl in anticipation (9)
I believe the answer is:
foresight
'anticipation' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'rose awkwardly during brawl' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' is an anagram indicator.
'during' indicates putting letters inside.
'brawl' becomes 'fight' (I've seen this before).
'rose' anagrammed gives 'ores'.
'ores' inserted inside 'fight' is 'FORESIGHT'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for foresight that I've seen before include "Anticipation" , "Prescience" , "Caution" , "Power of prediction" , "Ability to anticipate" .)