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Noun
/ˈvijələns/,
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The action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties,
  1. The action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties


  1. watchfulness: the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
  2. watchfulness: vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble"
  3. (vigilant) argus-eyed: carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"
  4. Vigilance is the second official full-length studio album by the Canadian melodic death metal band Threat Signal, released three years after their first album Under Reprisal. It was entirely produced and recorded by the band (especially by band singer/founder Jon Howard).
  5. In modern psychology, vigilance, also termed sustained attention, is defined as the ability to maintain attention and alertness over prolonged periods of time. ...
  6. Vigilance, a third-person shooter developed by Tsunami, was released in 1998. It came under fire after its release for its lack of mid-level saving ability, awkward control scheme, and massive swap file. The project took over 2 years and $2 million to create. ...
  7. (Vigilant (Great Lakes)) CGS Vigilant was an armed 3rd class cruiser employed as a Canadian Great Lakes Fisheries Protection vessel.
  8. (Vigilant (novel)) Vigilant is a science fiction novel written by the Canadian author James Alan Gardner, published in 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers under its various imprints. ...
  9. (Vigilant (S 618)) The Vigilant is a strategic nuclear submarine of the French Navy
  10. (Vigilant (The Matrix)) This article is about the 'hovercraft' ships shown in the fictional universe of The Matrix series of science fiction films, comic books and video games.
  11. (Vigilant (yacht)) Vigilant was the victorious United States defender of the eighth America's Cup in 1893 against British challenger Valkyrie II. Vigilant was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built in 1893 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island. ...
  12. (vigilant) Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
  13. (Vigilant) Applied to a cat when represented as on the lookout for prey.
  14. (vigilant) adj atentaF, atentemaPIV
  15. Having to pay attention or concentrate for long periods of time. This state of sustained alertness or vigilance is required in some jobs such as driving or flying and is especially demanding mentally.
  16. The ongoing attention for the appearance of an unpredictable stimulus, which may be sensed through any of the sensory modalities (cf. search)
  17. Vigilance is a keyword of an ability that existed as far back as Limited Edition Alpha with Serra Angel. Creatures with vigilance do not tap to attack. Creatures with vigilance are mostly white.
  18. (state of): The degree of activation of the central nervous system. This can vary from deep sleep to extreme alertness.
  19. is alert watchfulness. Constant vigilance is a keynote of life. Success comes at the price of an eternal vigilance that neither slumbers nor sleeps.
  20. (B) - Raises evasive skills and defense when crouching.
  21. vigilance, of a crane in his ...