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/vˈɪdʒələns kəmˈɪti/ Listen

noun

Vigilance n.

The quality or state of being vigilant; forbearance of sleep; wakefulness.

Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection. "And flaming ministers to watch and tend Their earthly charge; of these the vigilance I dread."

Guard; watch. (Obs.) "In at this gate none pass the vigilance here placed."

Vigilance committee, a volunteer committee of citizens for the oversight and protection of any interest, esp. one organized for the summary suppression and punishment of crime, as when the processes of law appear inadequate.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Vigilance committee" Quotes from Famous Books

... a legal tribunal; but it was justice conscientiously administered, without law—an action necessary under the circumstances. Its justification was fully equal to that of similar services performed by the Vigilance Committee, in San Francisco, within a year preceding. It was a matter the necessity of which was deplorable, but the execution of which was imposed upon those who were on the spot and uncovered the ...

— Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 - A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method • William Audley Maxwell

... interrupted Lily, deciding instantly to adopt the plan; "I'll post a notice for a meeting this very evening, and we'll put it up to the class. Then, if everybody approves of the scheme, I want you to be chairman of the Vigilance Committee—the leader, you know, to whom the girls would report ...

— The Girl Scouts' Good Turn • Edith Lavell