vigilance

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vigilance

1560s, from Fr. vigilance, from L. vigilantia "wakefulness," from vigilia (see vigil).

Example sentences

It takes practice, vigilance, and a knowledge of the types of errors you

yourself tend to make.

Every other duty of his station he discharged with extraordinary vigilance and

fidelity during twenty-two years' administration.

If you or a loved one is admitted to the hospital at night or on the weekend,

extra vigilance is in order.

They reported the same nightmares, the same panics, the same hair-trigger

vigilance their parents had.

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Related Words

alarm alert caution heed jealousy

jealousy sentinel sleep vigilance committee

Matching Quote

"The General Order is always to manoeuver in a body and on the attack; to maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline; to keep the troops constantly at the ready; to employ the utmost vigilance on sentry go; to use the bayonet on every possible occasion; and to follow up the enemy remorselessly until he is utterly destroyed."

-Lazare Carnot