"watchfulness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: watchfulnesses [plural]
Etymology: From watchful + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|watchful|ness}} watchful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} watchfulness (countable and uncountable, plural watchfulnesses)
  1. The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: watchful Translations (alertness, vigilance or wakefulness): զգոնություն (zgonutʻyun) (Armenian), সতর্কীকরণ (śotorkikron) (Bengali), ئاگاداری (agadarî) (Central Kurdish), modrība [feminine] (Latvian), modrums [masculine] (Latvian), насторо́женность (nastoróžennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vigilia [feminine] (Spanish), настороженість (nastoroženistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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