advertence noun.
[ǝd'vǝ:t(ǝ)ns] LME.[Old French a(d)vertence, from a(d)vertir: see ADVERT verb, -ENCE and cf. medieval Latin advertentia.]The action of adverting; observation, attention, consideration. Also, advertency.
► Now chiefly repr. in the neg.
inadvertence,
-ency.
■ advertency noun attentiveness, heedfulness
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