advertency Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of being heedful
    advertence.

WordNet

Ad*vert"ence, Ad*vert"en*cy (Also<
  • Advertence
  • Advertency
)
Etymology
OF. advertence, avertence, LL. advertentia, fr. L. advertens. See Advertent.
Definitions
  1. The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness.
    To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation. J. S. Mill.

Webster 1913