Definition of “vigilance”

And the process of earning trust requires a period of vigilance , transparency, and scrupulous behaviour on the part of both parties.

But I think what Madrid tells us is a heightened state of vigilance and surveillance is absolutely key.

Donald Sinclair -- once a journalist and now a politician -- had assessed, as James McGregor had, the vigilance of the media.

In the dimness of its dreary day few things even in that land of vigilance could have espied them, save from close at hand.

Iran needs to monitored with "continued vigilance " to ensure it honours a commitment not to develop nuclear weapons, MPs have warned.

Judgment is the first thing to go after having a drink, she said, then vision and vigilance.

Nor has the vigilance of the pressure groups weakened under the present regime.

Perhaps most importantly, people are more aware of the problems and are monitoring the process with vigilance.

Psychotic depression; remorse over killing Doyle; saved from suicide by the vigilance of heroic landing staff.