perception

The process of perceiving something with the senses.

An instance of this.

The process or state of being aware of something.

Insight or knowledge gained by thinking.

The capacity for such insight or knowledge.

An insight or point of knowledge.

An interpretation or impression; an opinion or belief.

Originally, and most commonly down to the middle of the eighteenth century, cognition; thought and sense in general, whether the faculty, the operation, or the resulting idea.