1. The process of paying close and continuous attention
   "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"
   - wakefulness, vigilance, alertness 
2. Vigilant attentiveness
   - vigilance, weather eye

Derived forms: watchfulnesses

See also: watchful

Type of: attention, attentiveness

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