"awareness" in the noun sense
1. awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness
having knowledge of
"he had no awareness of his mistakes"
"his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"
"their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"
2. awareness, sentience
state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
"the crash intruded on his awareness"
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