Consciousness

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; ·esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence.

II. Consciousness ·noun The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, ·etc.

III. Consciousness ·noun Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. ·see the Note under Attention.