cognizance
1. [ noun ] (psychology) having knowledge of
Synonyms: awareness consciousness cognisance knowingness
Examples:

"he had no awareness of his mistakes" "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced" "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

Related terms: knowing sense feel self-awareness know aware unaware
2. [ noun ] (psychology) range of what one can know or understand
Synonyms: ken
Examples:

"beyond my ken"

Related terms: knowing
3. [ noun ] range or scope of what is perceived
Related terms: perception
Similar spelling:   cognisance
  cognizant
  cognize
  cognizable
  cocainize
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