Noun

(en-noun)

Alert watchfulness.

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Close and continuous attention.

* 1837 March 4, (Andrew Jackson), Farewell Address

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery.

The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

* Thodey

The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;

(finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.

(rhetoric) Prolepsis.

(music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.

(obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds.