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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
  • The Huskies are well aware of the difference in quality their next opponent presents.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
  • There are no villains in Possible Love; there are only people who are aware of others, and people who are not.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of aware
Adjective
  • There were two small red stripes on a sail, clearly deliberate but out of place.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Talking at the film’s press conference in Venice earlier, Moretti said his absence from from the festival had not been a deliberate slight but rather down to the timing for the shoots of his films.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of deliberate
Adjective
  • More generally, the movie, directed by Elegance Bratton, is about the historical context of this murder, the conscious and organized effort by white Southern citizens and officials to intimidate, persecute, and subjugate Black people.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Devin Oktar Yalkin About PhotoVogue PhotoVogue is a global Condé Nast initiative dedicated to supporting artists and shaping a more conscious visual culture.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of conscious
Adjective
  • Healey will seek $2 million to expand free, voluntary nurse home visits to all families of roughly 68,000 newborns a year, offering help with infant care and postpartum screening.
    — Leah Willingham, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Officers later presented them with voluntary-departure agreements, again with little explanation and without a translator, Kim said.
    — Hanna Park, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of voluntary
Adjective
  • Working in a creative field only strengthened Hayley’s desire to make every element of the celebration feel intentional rather than checking off a list of wedding customs.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • While Triump hasn't formally commented on the revisions, the intentional placement speaks for itself.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of intentional
Adjective
  • The company says the plant could provide roughly 400 MW of electrical power without the risk of plasma disruptions, supporting its intended role as a source of baseload energy.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of only asking whether malware was detected, ask whether a user’s behavior changed, a workload is communicating somewhere unusual, large amounts of data are moving unexpectedly or an AI agent is operating outside its intended scope.
    — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
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“Witting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witting. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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