Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
- 2noun
Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
- 3noun
Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
- 4noun
A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
- 5noun
a diligent effort
"it is a job requiring serious application"
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- 6noun
conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
- 7noun
persevering determination to perform a task
"his diligence won him quick promotions"
"frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"
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