cognizant
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcognizantcog‧ni‧zant, cognisant /ˈkɒɡnəzənt $ ˈkɑːɡ-/ adjective [not before noun] formal KNOW somethingif someone is cognizant of something, they know about it and understand itcognizant of He was cognizant of the peculiarities of the case.Examples from the Corpuscognizant• I'm cognizant of the fact that your client has tried to pay the debt.• And so, um, he was very cognizant of what he was doing and why he did it.