Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
- noun Care; heed; caution; heedfulness.
- noun In law, the attention and care due from a person in a given situation.
- noun In Scots law: The warrant issued by a court for enforcing tho attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
- noun The process of law by which persons, lands, or effects are attached on execution, or in security for debt.
- noun Synonyms Industry, Application, etc. (see
assiduity ), assiduousness. - noun Caution, circumspection, vigilance.
- noun A public stage-coach: usually with reference to France, but also applied to such stage-coaches elsewhere.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of
negligence . - noun Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
- noun (Scots Law) Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
- noun to exert one's self; to make interested and earnest endeavor.
- noun A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
conscientiousness ordetermination orperseverance when doing something - noun religion One of the seven contrary virtues, opposite the
vice ofsloth . - noun A public
stage-coach . (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a diligent effort
- noun persevering determination to perform a task
- noun conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
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Examples
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Such labor and diligence also is required in them that rule, whilst they are charged to rule _with diligence_, Rom.xii. 8, which is as much as _with labor_: yea, the common charity of Christians hath its labor; and this very word
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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Seeing that the Obama administration constantly complains about how BIG the mess they INHERITED was, one would think a bit more due diligence is warranted.
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For Tanguy Van Overstraeten, global head of the Privacy and Data Protection Practice at Linklaters, onsite due diligence is key to avoid any risk to the data companies share with vendors abroad.
Closing Gaps in Privacy, Data Security Javier Espinoza 2010
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More diligence from the designer ensures that energy and resource consumption are minimal – the collapsible components come as a kit set for reduced packaging and efficient transportability.
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Doing due diligence is one thing, but “Fussy” is a fairly darn common word to search.
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Ensure due diligence is conducted during the consequent growth period, and your personal golden parachutes have uncapped bonuses for exceeding revenue and user targets from this representative window.
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Ensure due diligence is conducted during the consequent growth period, and your personal golden parachutes have uncapped bonuses for exceeding revenue and user targets from this representative window.
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Personally I find it hard to believe that after succeeding in fields were due diligence is a must, he decided to wing it on something, that a this point, is one of the most important things hes done in this campaign.
Sound Politics: New Revelations In DUI Case Could Dog McGavick 2006
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The diligence is paying off, as Pretty Little Head is getting some really strong reviews.
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The diligence is paying off, as Pretty Little Head is getting some really strong reviews.
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azd commented on the word diligence
stagecoach
February 24, 2007
sionnach commented on the word diligence
rosebud?
February 24, 2007
bilby commented on the word diligence
pleat
October 14, 2008
sionnach commented on the word diligence
A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
(Webster, 1913)
October 22, 2008
1418330794 commented on the word diligence
Citation: "Ahead of him lay an eight-hour journey on the overnight diligence to Chatearoux, forty miles to the west." Robb, The Discovery of France, p. 8.
March 29, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word diligence
What's Jean doing here?
March 29, 2011