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noun (n)

• having knowledge of(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  Their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive.
  

  Synonym:
  awareness, cognisance, cognizance, consciousness
  Antonym:
  incognizance
  

  source: wordnet30
• shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge(noun.cognition)

  source: wordnet30
• The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.(noun)

  source: webster1913