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Watchfulness Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Watchfulness has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the process of paying close and continuous attention

"wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"

"vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"

2

vigilant attentiveness

"he keeps a weather eye open for trouble"

3

The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness.

Example Sentences
"wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter" noun
"vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue" noun
"he keeps a weather eye open for trouble" noun
See Also
watchful wakefulness vigilance circumspection alertness
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
attention attentiveness
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
jealousy
Rhyming Words
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