diligence

diligence is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
2. noun. Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
3. noun. Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
4. noun. A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
5. noun. a diligent effort

   "it is a job requiring serious application"

   Synonyms: application

6. noun. conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
7. noun. persevering determination to perform a task

   "his diligence won him quick promotions"

   "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"

   Synonyms: industriousness, industry

Synonyms

application, industriousness, industry

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in diligence:

ceilinged

Common word forms

diligences

Words from these letters

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