1 :
cognizant or aware of something
: conscious a witting participant. 2 : done deliberately : intentional a witting violation.
Is wittingly a real word?
:
knowingly
or unknowingly Wittingly or unwittingly, she hurt my feelings again.
Is there such a word as complicit?
Complicit is
a relatively recent addition to English vocabulary
, arriving in the mid-1800s. It is a back-formation from complicity “association or participation in a wrongful act,” which came straight from a French word of the same meaning, complicité, in the 1600s.
What does Whittingly mean?
If you do something wittingly
, you are fully aware of what you are doing and what its consequences will be. [formal] The private sector would never wittingly expose itself to substantial risk. COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.
What is the definition of witting?
1 :
cognizant or aware of something
: conscious a witting participant. 2 : done deliberately : intentional a witting violation.
What does wincing mean in English?
verb (used without object), winced, winc·ing. to draw back or tense the body, as from pain or from a blow; start; flinch. noun. a wincing or shrinking movement;
a slight start
.
What's another word for Cleverly?
In this page you can discover 40 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for cleverly, like:
awkwardly
, aptly, sensibly, neatly, skillfully, resourcefully, handily, deftly, proficiently, ably and facilely.
Is Witful a word?
(obsolete) Wise; sensible
.
What is the meaning of Advertently?
in a careless and thoughtless manner
.
inadvertently
, unknowingly, unwittingly. without knowledge or intention.
What is silent complicity?
Silent complicity implies that
corporations have moral obligations that reach beyond the negative realm of doing no harm
. Essentially, it implies that corporations have a moral responsibility to help protect human rights by putting pressure on perpetrating host governments involved in human rights abuses.
Is complicit a crime?
Unlike attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy, which are crimes in and of themselves,
complicity is not itself a crime but is a way of committing a crime
. It also differs from an attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy in that it always depends on that crime having been completed (i.e., it is never inchoate. ).
What do you call a person who is complicit?
You'll probably be scorned for being
an accomplice
, or someone who is complicit, in your friend's shameful act.
What is unwittingly synonym?
In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for unwittingly, like:
without knowledge
, without awareness, unconsciously, unknowingly, ignorantly, in ignorance, inadvertently, wittingly, accidentally, unintentionally and deliberately.
What's the meaning of subliminal messages?
Since the Latin word limen means “threshold”, something
subliminal exists just below the threshold of conscious awareness
. The classic example of a subliminal message is “Eat popcorn” flashed on a movie screen so quickly that the audience doesn't even notice it consciously.
What is mean by retrieving?
verb (used with object), re·trieved, re·triev·ing.
to recover or regain
: to retrieve the stray ball. to bring back to a former and better state; restore: to retrieve one's fortunes. to make amends for: to retrieve an error. to make good; repair: to retrieve a loss.
