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vigilance

noun
/ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlɪns/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vigilance, from Latin vigilantia.

  1. derived from vigilantia
  2. borrowed from vigilance

Definitions

  1. Alert watchfulness.

    • 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.

  2. 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.

  3. A guard

    A guard; a person set to watch.

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Derived

addictovigilance, biovigilance, haemovigilance, hemovigilance, hypervigilance, in vigilance, invigilance, pharmacovigilance, toxicovigilance, vigilance committee, vigilance man

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vigilance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01vigilance02watchfulness03wakefulness04wakeful05sleeping06sleep07consciousness08conscious09aware10vigilant

A definitional loop anchored at vigilance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at vigilance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA