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vigil
noun [C or U] /ˈvɪdʒ.ɪl/Definition
› (an act of) staying awake, especially at night, in order to be with an ill person, or to express especially political disagreement, or to pray: His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died. Supporters of the peace movement held an all-night candlelit vigil outside the cathedral.Not sleeping and not unconscious
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Synonyms and related words:
- awaken verb
- awoke verb
- awoken verb
- be in the land of the living idiom
- come round phrasal verb (BECOME CONSCIOUS)
- conscious adjective (AWAKE)
- consciousness noun (AWAKE)
- rise and shine! idiom
- rise verb (MOVE UP)
- riser noun (PERSON)
- rouse verb
- sit up phrasal verb (STAY AWAKE)
- stir verb (MOVE)
- wait up phrasal verb
- wake (sb) up phrasal verb (STOP SLEEPING)
- wakeful adjective
- waken verb
- wakey-wakey exclamation
- waking adjective
- waking noun
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