Dictionary entry

Advertence

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Ad‐vert″ence (�), Ad‐vert″en‐cy (�), } [OF. advertence, avertence, LL. advertentia, fr. L. advertens. See Advertent.] The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness.

To this difference it is right that advertence should be had in regulating taxation.

J. S. Mill.