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vigilance

3 syllables
noun
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As a noun, vigilance means alert watchfulness.

Meanings of vigilance

4 meanings

noun

  1. Alert watchfulness.

  2. Close and continuous attention.

  3. Vigilant attentiveness

    “he keeps a weather eye open for trouble”

    Similar: watchfulness, weather eye
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoleteA guard; a person set to watch.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: the process of paying close and continuous attention
watchfulnesswakefulnessalertness
noun: vigilant attentiveness
watchfulnessweather eye

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