vigilance
/ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlɪns/ noun C1- Alert watchfulness.
- Close and continuous attention.
Plural vigilances
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“But, sir, you spoke of vigilance and protection.
“Well,” said the marquise, “it seems probable that, by the aid of the Holy Alliance, we shall be rid of Napoleon; and we must trust to the vigilance of M.
For the last ten months my ministers have redoubled their vigilance, in order to watch the shore of the Mediterranean.
Yesterday a person exactly corresponding with this description was followed, but he was lost sight of at the corner of the Rue de la Jussienne and the Rue Coq-Héron.” Villefort leaned on the back of an armchair, for as the minister of police went on speaking he felt his legs bend under him; but when he learned that the unknown had escaped the vigilance of the agent who followed him, he breathed again.
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