- present participle of wit.
witting
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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deliberate; intentional
a witting insult
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aware; knowing
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of witting
First recorded in 1250–1300, witting is from the Middle English word witing. See wit 2, -ing 2, -ing 1
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Facilitators—some witting, some not—also open bank accounts, cash checks and sit for some interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
An agent is a paid and witting spy; he formally, sometimes covertly, works for a foreign government.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2025
“We expect financial institutions will undertake every effort to ensure that they are not witting or unwitting facilitators of circumvention and evasion,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a statement announcing the order.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
The problem isn’t that confirmation hearings are too hard on the nominees, who are, after all, witting and willing participants.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022
In the mean time Sanders, little witting that Sam'l had trumped his trick, was sauntering along the kirk-wynd with his hat on the side of his head.
From Auld Licht Idyls by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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