Cognizance
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house. Notice or awareness.
Consciousness
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
Example sentence: Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.