advertence

English

Noun

advertence (countable and uncountable, plural advertences)

1. The quality of being advertent

   Synonyms: heedfulness, regard, consideration, advertency; see also Thesaurus:attention

   • 1871, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy (vol. 2), Book V, Chapter VII, p. 482:

     Those who are born to the ownership of property have, in addition to these common benefits, a separate inheritance, and to this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation.