Vigilance & Vigilante

vigilance



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D



–noun 

1. state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of [treachery]. 

2. Pathology. insomnia.  



—Synonyms 

1. alertness, attention, heedfulness, concern, care.





vigilante



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[vij-uh-lan-tee]



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–noun 

1. a member of a [vigilance committee]. 

2. any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime.  



–adjective 

3. done violently and summarily, without recourse to lawful procedures: vigilante [justice].  





　The Dark Knight is the grittiest superhero film I’ve ever seen. It’s so wonderfully bleak that you will forget that you are even watching a comic book movie adaptation. And this might scare a few people off, but to me, it is what I’ve always hoped for. I was never one for the flashy comic book-like colors, and unrealistic super villains with ridiculous plots to take over the world. Heck, the world is a huge place. The Dark Knight centers on one madman’s plot to bring one city into chaos, and the vigilante who dresses up like a bat to try to stop him.





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