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Noun: watchfulness  wóch-ful-nus
  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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