advertent

UK /ədˈvɜːtn̩t/ US /ədˈvɝtn̩t/
adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Attentive.

Is he rich, prosperous, great? yet he continues safe, because he continues humble, watchful, advertent, lest he should be deceived and transported

2

Not inadvertent; intentional.

There is such thing as advertent negligence in which the harm is foreseen as possible or probable.

Until the 1950s, for judges both the conceptual and terminological identification of advertent risk taking — subjective recklessness — often lay submerged within the amorphous notion of 'malice' [....]

Your note

not saved
0 chars