I. ˈwid.iŋ, -itiŋ, -ēŋ noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of witen to know — more at wit
1. chiefly dialect : knowledge or awareness of something : cognizance
2. chiefly dialect : information obtained or communicated : intelligence , news , tidings
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of wit (I)
1.
a. : cognizant or aware of something : conscious
came to make you witting of the same — F.S.Ellis
b. : consciously being or doing something specified
a witting tool of the Communists
2. : done with the knowledge of the doer : performed or acted consciously, deliberately, or knowingly : intentional
witting lies and all sorts of hypocrisy — H.B.Alexander
this process of witting repression — W.H.R.Rivers