awareness (
http://definr.com/awareness)
n 1: 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" [syn:
consciousness,
cognizance,
knowingness]
2: state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "the
crash intruded on his awareness" [syn:
sentience]