Dictionary Definition
vigilance
Noun
1 the process of paying close and continuous
attention [syn: watchfulness, alertness]
2 vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye
open for trouble" [syn: watchfulness, weather
eye]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- Alert watchfulness
- Close and
continuous attention
- "But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing." Andrew Jackson, Farewell Address, March 4, 1837
Translations
Alert watchfulness
Close and continuous attention
- Asturian: vixilancia
- Catalan: vigilància
- Czech: bdělost
- Dutch: waaksheid, waakzaamheid
- French: vigilance
- German: Wachsamkeit
- Italian: vigilanza
- Latin: vigilantia
- Polish: czujność
- Romanian: vigilenţă
- Spanish: vigilancia
- ttbc Bulgarian: бдителност, вигилност
- ttbc Estonian: valvsus, valvelolek
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
/vi.ʒi.lɑ̃s/|lang=frNoun
fr-noun fExtensive Definition
Vigilance may refer to:
- Google Definition
- Vigilance, a creature ability in the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
- Vigilance control on railways.
- Alertness
- The Vigiles were the firefighters and police of Ancient Rome.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
alertness, attentiveness, caution, circumspection, custodianship, custody, eagle eye, guard, guardedness, guardianship, invigilation, lookout, monitoring, observance, peeled eye,
proctoring, prudence, qui vive, sharp eye,
stewardship,
surveillance,
tout, vigil, wariness, watch, watch and ward, watchful
eye, watchfulness,
watching, weather
eye