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consciousness
Special awareness or sensitivity:
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  1. Special awareness or sensitivity:
  2. Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation:
  3. A sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or group:
mindfulness
Awareness
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  1. Awareness
  2. Inclination to be mindful or aware
  3. (As understood in Buddhism and psychology) paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally
comprehension
The act or fact of grasping the meaning, nature, or importance of; understanding.
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  1. The act or fact of grasping the meaning, nature, or importance of; understanding.
  2. The capacity for understanding ideas, facts, etc.
  3. Understanding or knowledge that results from this
consciousness
Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation:
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  1. Alertness to or concern for a particular issue or situation:
  2. Special awareness or sensitivity:
  3. A sense of one's personal or collective identity, including the attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or group:
knowledge
The body of facts, principles, etc. acquired through human experience and thought
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  1. The body of facts, principles, etc. acquired through human experience and thought
  2. Acquaintance with facts; range of information, awareness, or understanding
  3. An awareness of factual information. Includes actual knowledge (positive or definite), personal knowledge (based on one’s own observation), and constructive knowledge (based on other circumstances). An awareness of factual information. Includes actual knowledge (positive or definite), personal knowledge (based on one’s own observation), and constructive knowledge (based on other circumstances).
sensibility
The ability to sense, feel or perceive; especially to be sensitive to the feelings of another
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  1. The ability to sense, feel or perceive; especially to be sensitive to the feelings of another
  2. Mental or emotional responsiveness, especially in being offended or in having one's feelings hurt:
  3. The capacity for physical sensation; power of responding to stimuli; ability to feel
discernment
To distinguish between things.
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  1. To distinguish between things.
  2. The act or process of exhibiting keen insight and good judgment.
  3. The ability to distinguish; judgement.
cognizance
Official observation of or authority over something
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  1. Official observation of or authority over something
  2. Perception or knowledge; esp., the range of knowledge possible through observation
  3. Conscious knowledge or recognition; awareness.
alertness
The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.
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  1. The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.
attentiveness
The state or quality of being attentive.
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  1. The state or quality of being attentive.
acquaintanceship
(Countable) An acquaintance.
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  1. (Countable) An acquaintance.
  2. (Uncountable) The state of being acquainted; acquaintance.
recognition
Acknowledgment and approval, gratitude, etc.
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  1. Acknowledgment and approval, gratitude, etc.
  2. Identification of some person or thing as having been known before or as being of a certain kind
  3. Acknowledgement that something was authorized to be done; the acknowledgement of someone’s or something’s rank or status, especially the diplomatic recognition of another country; a subjecting to income tax, under the federal income tax laws. See also realization. Acknowledgement that something was authorized to be done; the acknowledgement of someone’s or something’s rank or status, especially the diplomatic recognition of another country; a subjecting to income tax, under the federal income tax laws. See also realization.
realization
The act of realizing; an act of figuring out or becoming aware.
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  1. The act of realizing; an act of figuring out or becoming aware.
  2. The result of an artistic effort.
  3. A transformation of non-monetary assets into cash; a transaction such as a property sale that impacts upon the taxpayer’s wealth to the extent that it may trigger the imposition of an income tax. If the tax is, in fact, imposed, the transaction is said to be recognized. See also recognition. A transformation of non-monetary assets into cash; a transaction such as a property sale that impacts upon the taxpayer’s wealth to the extent that it may trigger the imposition of an income tax. If the tax is, in fact, imposed, the transaction is said to be recognized. See also recognition.
perception
An insight or point of knowledge:
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  1. An insight or point of knowledge:
  2. The act of perceiving or the ability to perceive; mental grasp of objects, qualities, etc. by means of the senses; awareness; comprehension
  3. The understanding, knowledge, etc. gotten by perceiving
information
Knowledge or facts learned, especially about a certain subject or event.
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  1. Knowledge or facts learned, especially about a certain subject or event.
  2. Knowledge acquired in any manner; facts; data; learning; lore
  3. The act of informing or the condition of being informed; communication of knowledge:
apprehension
An anxious feeling of foreboding; dread
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  1. An anxious feeling of foreboding; dread
  2. Fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread.
  3. The ability to apprehend or understand; understanding.
appreciation
Awareness or delicate perception, especially of aesthetic qualities or values.
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  1. Awareness or delicate perception, especially of aesthetic qualities or values.
  2. Recognition of the quality, value, significance, or magnitude of people and things.
  3. The awareness or understanding of the meaning, significance, value, or worth of something.
experience
Activity that includes training, observation of practice, and personal participation
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  1. Activity that includes training, observation of practice, and personal participation
  2. Knowledge, skill, or practice resulting from this
  3. Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill:
cognizance
The right or power of dealing with a matter judicially; jurisdiction
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  1. The right or power of dealing with a matter judicially; jurisdiction
  2. Perception or knowledge; esp., the range of knowledge possible through observation
  3. Conscious knowledge or recognition; awareness.
perception
The understanding, knowledge, etc. gotten by perceiving
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  1. The understanding, knowledge, etc. gotten by perceiving
  2. The act of perceiving or the ability to perceive; mental grasp of objects, qualities, etc. by means of the senses; awareness; comprehension
  3. An instance of this:
sense
A meaning that is conveyed, as in speech or writing; signification:
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  1. A meaning that is conveyed, as in speech or writing; signification:
  2. Judgment; consensus:
  3. A vague feeling or presentiment:
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  • The movement brought a painful awareness of how stiff her muscles were becoming.

  • The moment their lips met, lightning flew through her, setting every nerve afire with awareness unlike anything she'd felt before.

  • She was slung over someone's shoulder, stuck between awareness and blackness.

  • Awareness filled and overwhelmed her senses, blinding her to all but instinct and the sound of her breathing.

  • Primitive religion, however, resorts to either way of approach so indifferently as to prove that there is little or no awareness of an inconsistency of attitude.

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