Associations to the word «Vigilance»

Wiktionary

VIGILANCE, noun. Alert watchfulness.
VIGILANCE, noun. Close and continuous attention.
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE, noun. (US) (historical) A group of private citizens who administered justice where they considered governmental structures to be inadequate.

Dictionary definition

VIGILANCE, noun. The process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue".
VIGILANCE, noun. Vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn