English dictionary

vigil

/'v/I//dZ//@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a period of sleeplessness

noun.cognition

Source: WordNet 3.0
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

noun.act

Synonyms watch

Source: WordNet 3.0
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0
Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch.

noun

Source: webster1913