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diligence

noun
/ˈdɪlɪdʒəns/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from French diligence, from Latin diligentia.

  1. derived from diligentia
  2. borrowed from diligence

Definitions

  1. Steady application

    Steady application; industry; careful work involving long-term effort.

  2. The qualities of a hard worker, including conscientiousness, determination, and…

    The qualities of a hard worker, including conscientiousness, determination, and perseverance.

  3. Carefulness, in particular, the necessary care appropriate to a particular task or…

    Carefulness, in particular, the necessary care appropriate to a particular task or responsibility.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A four-wheeled public stage-coach, widely used in France before the general establishment…

      A four-wheeled public stage-coach, widely used in France before the general establishment of the railways.

      • Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped.
      • Being in a civilised country of stage-coaches, I determined to sell my lady friend and be off by the diligence that afternoon.

    2. The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt

      The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.

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Derived

due diligence, nondiligence, overdiligence, summary diligence

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA