advertency

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

advertency
    n 1: the process of being heedful [syn: {advertence},
         {advertency}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Advertence \Ad*vert"ence\, Advertency \Ad*vert"en*cy\, [OF.
   advertence, avertence, LL. advertentia, fr. L. advertens. See
   {Advertent}.]
   The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent;
   attention; notice; regard; heedfulness.
   [1913 Webster]

         To this difference it is right that advertence should
         be had in regulating taxation.           --J. S. Mill.
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