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the state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of opportunity, activity, or danger
  • it was only her motherly watchfulness that saved the boy from an accident

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“Watchfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchfulness. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.

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