The process of paying close and continuous attention:
— Wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter.

synonyms: alertness, vigilance, wakefulness.

Roget 459: care, solicitude, heed; heedfulness etc. adj.; scruple etc. (conscientiousness) 939.    watchfulness etc. adj.; vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus^†, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre [Fr.].    alertness etc. (activity) 682; attention etc. 457; prudence &c., circumspection etc. (caution) 864; anxiety; forethought etc. 510; precaution etc. (preparation) 673; tidiness etc. (order) 58, (cleanliness) 652; accuracy etc. (exactness) 494; minuteness, attention to detail.    ... show more

Dutch: waakzaamheid
Polish: czujność

Vigilant attentiveness.

synonyms: vigilance, weather eye.

Polish: uważność