Diligence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Earnest and persistent application to an undertaking; steady effort; assiduity.
  • n. Attentive care; heedfulness.
  • n. A large stagecoach.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something
  • n. One of the seven contrary virtues, opposite the vice of sloth.
  • n. A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
  • n. Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
  • n. Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
  • n. A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; constancy in the performance of duty or the conduct of business; persistent exertion of body or mind; industry; assiduity.
  • n. Care; heed; caution; heedfulness.
  • n. In law, the attention and care due from a person in a given situation.
  • n. In Scots law: The warrant issued by a court for enforcing tho attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
  • n. The process of law by which persons, lands, or effects are attached on execution, or in security for debt.
  • n. Synonyms Industry, Application, etc. (see assiduity), assiduousness.
  • n. Caution, circumspection, vigilance.
  • n. A public stage-coach: usually with reference to France, but also applied to such stage-coaches elsewhere.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a diligent effort
  • n. persevering determination to perform a task
  • n. conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    elbow grease    exertion    travail    effort    sweat   
    Cross Reference
    to do one's diligence    ordinary diligence   
    Form
    due diligence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    assiduity    caution    sedulousness    care    heedfulness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    perseverance    vigilance    prudence    fidelity    earnestness   
     
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