diligence
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪlɪd͡ʒəns/
The English word “diligence” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- Steady application; industry; careful work involving long-term effort.
- The qualities of a hard worker, including conscientiousness, determination, and perseverance.
- Carefulness, in particular, the necessary care appropriate to a particular task or responsibility.
- A four-wheeled public stage-coach, widely used in France before the general establishment of the railways.
- The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
Etymology
Borrowed from French diligence, from Latin diligentia.
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