Meaning of vigilance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alert watchfulness
2. Close and continuous attention
3. Close and continuous attention.
   uncountable, usually
4. Alert watchfulness.
5. A guard; a person set to watch
6. A guard; a person set to watch.
   obsolete, uncountable, usually
7. the state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness.
8. watchfulness or readiness for danger. He watched her with the vigilance of a hawk. waaksaamheid يَقْظَه، حَذَر бдителност vigilância ostražitost die Wachsamkeit vagtsomhed επαγρύπνησηvigilancia valvsus هشیاری؛ مراقبت valppaus vigilance עֵירָנוּת सतर्कता, चौकसी budnost éberség kesiagaan árvekni vigilanza 警戒 경계, 조심 budrumas modrība berjaga-jaga waakzaamheidårvåkenhet, vaktsomhetczujnośćvigilância vigilenţă бдительность ostražitosť, bdelosť budnost oprez vaksamhet การเฝ้าระแวดระวัง uyanıklık, te...
9. waaksaam يَقِظ، حَذِر бдителен vigilante bdělý wachsam vagtsom άγρυπνοςvigilante valvas هشیار؛ مراقب valpas vigilantערני सतर्क, चौकस budan éber, szemfüles siaga árvökull vigilante 用心した 방심않는 budrus modrs sentiasa berjaga-jaga waakzaamårvåken, vaktsomczujny انتقام vigilante vigilent бдительный bdelý, ostražitý buden oprezan čovek vaksam ซึ่งระแวดระวัง uyanık, tetikte 保持警覺的 пильний چوکس cảnh giác 警惕着的
10. vigilancia, estado alerta o de atención.
11. the fact, quality, or condition of being vigilant
12. (Pathology) the abnormal state or condition of being unable to sleep
13. The act of carefully watching:lookout, surveillance, vigil, watch.
14. The condition of being alert:alertness, wakefulness, wariness, watchfulness.
15. A. N → vigilancia fto escape sb's vigilance → burlar la vigilancia de algnto relax one's vigilance → disminuir la vigilancia, bajar la guardia
    N

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Examples

“To-night she took her accustomed place; for, during the night, no vigilance could satisfy her but her own: any eye but hers might close in momentary forgetfulness.”

“I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.”

“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.”

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