- (n.) A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
- (n.) Process by which persons, lands or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
- (n.) Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
- (n.) The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "diligence" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/diligence/definitions/1997688> |