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witting

adjective

ˈwi-tiŋ How to pronounce witting (audio)
Definition of wittingnext
1
as in aware
having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind she was a witting partner; he had told her about the risk involved

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2
as in deliberate
made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing your witting assistance in helping the robber escape makes you an accessory after the fact

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Recent Examples of witting Harvey Weinstein built his complicity machine out of the witting, the unwitting and those in between. — Carina Chocano, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2018 Because the nature of the hostile foreign nation is well known, counterintelligence investigations tend to be centered on individuals the FBI suspects to be witting or unwitting agents of that foreign power. — Megan Friedman, Marie Claire, 7 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witting
  1. aware
  2. deliberate
  3. conscious
  4. voluntary
  5. intentional
  6. intended
Adjective
  • Second Miami federal trial to start In South Florida, lawyers involved in the federal prosecution said they had not been made aware of Sunday’s transfer in advance.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Editors of other major newsrooms are well aware that Trump may try to ban their reporters next.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of aware
Adjective
  • Poetry tends to be differentiated from prose by a deliberate organization of language that’s not determined by the page itself.
    — Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • This further reinforces the need to make deliberate choices about what to build, what to license and where to focus engineering resources to create the most value.
    — Iri Trashanski, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of deliberate
Adjective
  • By putting the spa before the staterooms, this design flips the superyacht script from conspicuous consumption to conscious longevity.
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2026
  • For years, Connecticut’s position atop the list of states with the priciest electric bills has served as an election-year mantra for Republicans and other critics of the state’s climate-conscious energy strategy.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of conscious
Adjective
  • The Show-Me State is also one of 24 states that doesn’t have right-to-work laws, which is key to guarantee union membership and financial support are voluntary for workers.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Given that personal insistence, the election – in which 49 veterans of the Ukraine war were elected – is more likely to be used as evidence that Russia rewards its soldiers with plum political jobs, as a means of boosting voluntary recruitment.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of voluntary
Adjective
  • In his dissent, Scalia argued that the ESA was written narrowly to prohibit the intentional hunting and killing of vulnerable animals, not to broadly protect species at the population level.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Punkt pairs intentional use with privacy, while Mudita centers mindful living and E Ink displays.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of intentional
Adjective
  • Detectives did not reveal details about the other intended victim.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Of relevance is whether the workflow is producing the intended outcome.
    — Kousik Rajendran, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
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