cognizance (noun) - conscious and specific awareness, realization, or knowledge [kog-nuh-zuhns]
BREAKDOWN: COGNI- (know) + -ANCE (state of)
incognizant means to be unaware or lacking in knowledge
cognizant means fully aware of something; informed
“Probably we never fully credit the interdependence of wild creatures, and their cognizance of the affairs of their own kind.” —Mary Hunter Austin