cognisance

cognisance
noun
having knowledge of
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he had no awareness of his mistakes

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his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced

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their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive

• Ant: ↑incognizance (for: ↑cognizance)
• Derivationally related forms:
• Hypernyms: ↑knowing
• Hyponyms: ↑self-awareness, ↑feel, ↑sense
• Attrubites: ↑aware, ↑cognizant, ↑cognisant, ↑unaware, ↑incognizant

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