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Answer for the clue "The trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities ", 11 letters:
heedfulness

Word definitions for heedfulness in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities [syn: mindfulness ] [ant: unmindfulness , unmindfulness ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being heedful.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heedful \Heed"ful\, a. Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant. --Shak. -- Heed"ful*ly , adv. -- Heed"ful*ness , n.

Usage examples of heedfulness.

But almost everybody supposed that this particular preparative heedfulness in Ahab must only be with a view to the ultimate chase of Moby Dick.

One thing I did learn from Freud, which has never diminished and has indeed grown with the years, is a habit of careful observation, of heedfulness, in my relationship with the rest of the world.

But in order to become so, there is need for great heedfulness, a complete knowledge of present relations, constant observation of all persons, impenetrable dissimulation, and lastly, above all things, a very intimate and profound knowledge of the king, of the history of his reign, and of his character.

She chose a shaded bench at the court's far end, the one where Cattilara's ladies had collected the previous evening, and with an air of determined heedfulness settled Ista upon it.