Antonyms for vigil

Grammar : Noun

Spell : vij-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪdʒ əl

Definition of vigil

Origin : early 13c., "eve of a religious festival" (an occasion for devotional watching or observance), from Anglo-French and Old French vigile, from Latin vigilia "watch, watchfulness," from vigil "watchful, awake," from PIE *wog-/*weg- "be lively or active, be strong" (cf. Latin vigere "be lively, thrive," velox "fast, lively," vegere "to enliven;" Sanskrit vaja- "strength, speed;" Old English wacan "to wake up, arise," wacian "to be awake;" Old High German wahta "watch, vigil"). Meaning "watch kept on a festival eve" is from late 14c.; that of "occasion of keeping awake for some purpose" is recorded from 1711.

noun watch

Example sentences :

He cleared the room, and took up his vigil outside the door.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Despite all the fatigue of that terrible night of vigil, he did not think of sleeping.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Of everything else—the vigil, the preparations, the funeral—he remembered nothing.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Dan waked him at twelve for his vigil, and he in turn was wakened at two.
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

He was not in the least sleepy; but after a while the vigil began to tell upon his nerves.
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

Then, in the latter part of his vigil, an odd thing happened.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

With better courage than will, he consented to share their vigil.
Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald

During the long night he kept the vigil by the bedside; long after any need to keep it.
Extract from : « Now We Are Three » by Joe L. Hensley

It was the vigil of the day sacred to the memory of the saint, May 29, 1453.
Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen

He found he had not thought nearly all of them in his afternoon vigil.
Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

Synonyms for vigil

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