See Also: vigilance(medicine)
vigilance(dictionary)
vigilance(dictionary)
VIGILANCE(law)

vigilance (iou)



vigilance noun. L16.
[French, or Latin vigilantia, formed as VIGILANT: see -ANCE.]
The quality or character of being vigilant; watchfulness, alertness to danger etc.; close monitoring of a situation; caution. L16.
Guardian The Home Secretary..urged greater public vigilance after the..bombing.
b. A guard, a watch. rare (Milton). Only in M17.
The state of being awake; spec. in Medicine (now rare), insomnia. M18.
Comb.: vigilance committee US a self-appointed body for the maintenance of justice and order in a community lacking well-established procedures for such matters.
Also vigilancy noun M16-M18.