noun
definition
Alert watchfulness.
definition
Close and continuous attention.
definition
A guard; a person set to watch.
Examples of vigilance in a Sentence
The citizens organized a " vigilance committee " and hanged many of the outlaws.
Marriage required vigilance and maintenance.
This state of affairs did not escape the vigilance of Nebuchadrezzar.
Consular vigilance has also killed the once considerable slave trade.
An attempted attack on Antwerp was foiled by the vigilance of the Cardinal Infant.
In the forcing-houses, from the variable state of the weather, considerable vigilance is required in giving air.
In common with other river towns, the disorderly element in Memphis was large, and the gamblers, robbers and horse thieves were only suppressed by local vigilance committees.
Through the vigilance of Governor Tryon, however, the Assembly was prevented from sending delegates to the Stamp Act Congress.
In spite of the vigilance of the warships he escaped on the s4th of GarIbaldi October and landed in.
In the meantime, however, all students and staff need to be aware of the problem and ensure greater vigilance at all times.
Their presence requires vigilance to exclude them from any counting by programming.
Even medicine has not escaped its vigilance, as is proved by the prohibition of certain surgical operations.
This kind of vigilance is a common pattern among physically maltreated youngsters.
Of course we must maintain vigilance that the ethic of fairness does not fade.
For Grade the price of freedom is ' eternal vigilance '.
Constant vigilance, I think, is what is needed.
The Order of the White Falcon or of Vigilance was founded in 1732 and renewed in 1815.
Towards the end of the long reign the vigilance and energy of the old king diminished.
Asserting the importance of this identity, the Lost Cause jeremiad urged constant vigilance to preserve it.
At its previous rate setting meeting in July, the ECB said it would exercise strong vigilance, a code phrase for imminent action.
The Lancashire petition was a qualified pledge of support in return for assurances of the King's continuing vigilance against Papist forces.
The advent of the fiberglass extended fishing rod demands particular vigilance on the part of the cyclist; who should be prepared to dismount.
For Grade the price of freedom is ' eternal vigilance ' .
These matters will require continued vigilance in the years ahead.
On the border, we have witnessed increased vigilance on the part of Syrian security forces.
Security has also been improved but the problem of hackers and students misusing the Internet was noted as requiring continuous vigilance.
Clearly, methods must be found to increase the throughput of passengers without reducing security vigilance.
Cushing was distinguished by his readiness to volunteer, his indefatigability, and by his good fortune, the reward of vigilance and intelligence.
Not, surely, to induce any slackening of effort or vigilance.
The Lancashire petition was a qualified pledge of support in return for assurances of the King 's continuing vigilance against Papist forces.
These include public audits of local accounts, informal vigilance committees to monitor services and using qualified volunteers.
I studied sequences of individual vigilance behavior of crested terns during which flock size changes occurred.
Even an indoor cat may demonstrate an affinity for open windows, so pet owners must exercise vigilance regarding their pet safety measures.
Web cams provide an extra layer of vigilance to keep students, faculty and administrators safe.
No Internet protection is better than your own front line vigilance.
This is the typical winter skin scenario, but you can keep skin dewy in winter with some skin care vigilance.
Through varied instruments - lynch law, popular courts, vigilance committees - order was, however, enforced, better as times went on, until there was a stable condition of things.
About six thousand persons spent the winter in Cheyenne, and disorder was checked only by the organization of a vigilance committee.
His Letters concerning Toleration laid down the principle which had been maintained by Cromwell, with a wider application than was possible in days when the state was in the hands of a mere minority only able to maintain itself in power by constant and suspicious vigilance.
Three main characteristics of a successful horse-breaker are firmness, good temper and incessant vigilance.
Hence, among female baboons at Tsaobis, it is no surprise that vigilance primarily serves to reduce the risk of predation.
But because they were extremely " rabid " the struggle against them demanded utmost vigilance and ruthlessness.
In the early days, having a kitten means vigilance.
In 1880 a Vigilance Committee was appointed to watch over the restoration of the interior.
Several attempts had been made to rescue her, which the vigilance of her keeper had rendered abortive.
But reporting it will help your neighbors, as more reports mean more police vigilance in the area.
Over each of these, as it was restored, he placed a governor, whom he superintended with vigilance and wisdom.
As the staff fully foresaw, the enemy would exert greater vigilance than had been the case while the withdrawals had been in progress from the northern areas, these having given the Ottoman authorities warning of what was likely to happen.
In 1851 the first Committee of Vigilance was formed and served from June to September, when it disbanded; it was the nucleus of the second and greater committee, active from May to August of 1856.
All the vigilance of the emperor could not restrain the dishonesty and the cupidity of his servants, and no sooner was the strong hand of their ruler removed than they began to acquire territorial power for themselves.