cognizance
Taking mental note
Cognizance is awareness or knowledge of something: The court took cognizance of new evidence, bringing the issue to public cognizance.
The word is formal, appearing most often in legal and official contexts.
To take cognizance of something is to officially acknowledge or consider it.
Outside my cognizance means beyond what I'm aware of or responsible for.
Legal authority's scope
- noticeBecome aware of
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- purviewRange of authority
- competenceAdequate ability to function
adjudication · jurisprudence · court · judicial · magistrate · litigation · tribunal · oversight
Active mental awareness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
attentiveness · heedfulness · observance · wakefulness · sensitivity · noticing · watchfulness · perceptiveness
Confirmation of receipt
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- realizationGrasping what's true
- noticeBecome aware of
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
appreciation · perception · discovery · detection · apprehension · distinguishing · admission · concession
Mental comprehension of something
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- graspSeize or understand
- acquaintancePerson slightly known
information · learning · insight · enlightenment · erudition · expertise · know-how · savvy
Sudden profound insight
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- penetrationEntry into something
- perspicacityKeen mental perception
- acumenSharpness of mind
clarity · perception · shrewdness · astuteness · perceptiveness · sagacity · understanding · foresight
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
competence · adjudication · jurisprudence · court · judicial · magistrate · litigation · tribunal · oversight · remit
alertness
Active mental awareness
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- vigilanceState of keen awareness
consciousness · attentiveness · heedfulness · observance · wakefulness · sensitivity · noticing · watchfulness · perceptiveness · acuity
acknowledgment
Confirmation of receipt
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- realizationGrasping what's true
- noticeBecome aware of
discernment · appreciation · perception · discovery · detection · apprehension · distinguishing · admission · concession · acceptance
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- familiarityKnowledge through experience
- graspSeize or understand
acquaintance · information · learning · insight · enlightenment · erudition · expertise · know-how · savvy · proficiency
epiphany
Sudden profound insight
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- penetrationEntry into something
- perspicacityKeen mental perception
acumen · clarity · perception · shrewdness · astuteness · perceptiveness · sagacity · understanding · foresight · illumination
- awarenessalertness, aware, attention, conscious, attentiveness
- intellectintelligence, intellect, brainpower, mind, smartness
- mental claritymental clarity, lucidity, clear thinking, clear head, clear-headedness
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- understandingunderstand, comprehend, grasp, fathom, follow
- epiphaniesepiphany, aha moment, eureka, aha, lightbulb moment
cognizanceignorance
Absence of knowledge
unawareness · obliviousness · unknowing · unfamiliarity · unconsciousness
cognizancedisregard
Willful lack of attention
neglect · inattention · oversight · heedlessness · indifference