Vital could mean something that is important or essential.
For example: the lungs and heart are both vital organs in the human body.
<span>1.a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation.
2.</span><span>theatrical entertainment of a broadly humorous often earthy character consisting of short turns (see </span><span>2turn</span><span> 4d), comic skits, and sometimes striptease acts.
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