vigilance

(vĭj'ə-ləns)
n.
Alert watchfulness.

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noun

1. The act of carefully watching: lookout, surveillance, vigil, watch. Idioms: watch and ward. See awareness/unawareness.
2. The condition of being alert: alertness, wakefulness, wariness, watchfulness. See awareness/unawareness.

n

Definition: carefulness
Antonyms: carelessness, impulsiveness, indiscretion, negligence

Quotes:

"There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?" - Josh Billings

"Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts." - Buddha

"They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent." - Benjamin Franklin

"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." - Thomas Jefferson

"There is nothing so much seduces reason from vigilance as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman in marriage." - Samuel Johnson

"He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard." - Publilius Syrus

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Common misspelling(s) of vigilance

• vigilence

Dansk (Danish)
n. - vagtsomhed, søvnløshed, årvågenhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
waakzaamheid, slapeloosheid

Français (French)
n. - vigilance

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wachsamkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εγρήγορση, επαγρύπνηση

Italiano (Italian)
vigilanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vigilância (f), insônia (f) (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
бдительность, зоркость, бессонница

Español (Spanish)
n. - vigilancia, desvelo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vaksamhet, sömnlöshet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
警戒, 失眠症, 警觉心

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 警戒, 失眠症, 警覺心

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 경계, 불침번

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 寝ずの番をすること, 警戒, 用心, 不眠症

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) يقظه, حذر, انتباه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עירנות, כוננות, דריכות‬

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