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Meaning of 'diligence'
Meaning of 'diligence' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Diligence 
[ 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.
- Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
- A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
Meaning of 'diligence' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. diligence [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- persevering determination to perform a task
- persevering determination to perform a task
Example in sentence:
- frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues;
- his diligence won him quick promotions
Meaning (2):
- a diligent effort
- a diligent effort
Example in sentence:
- it is a job requiring serious application
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