Diligence

Diligence
Diligence Dil"i*gence, n. [F. diligence, L. diligentia.] 1. The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence. [1913 Webster]

2. Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service. [1913 Webster]

That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. (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. [1913 Webster]

{To do one's diligence}, {give diligence}, {use diligence}, to exert one's self; to make interested and earnest endeavor. [1913 Webster]

And each of them doth all his diligence To do unto the fest['e] reverence. --Chaucer.

Syn: Attention; industry; assiduity; sedulousness; earnestness; constancy; heed; heedfulness; care; caution. -- {Diligence}, {Industry}. Industry has the wider sense of the two, implying an habitual devotion to labor for some valuable end, as knowledge, property, etc. Diligence denotes earnest application to some specific object or pursuit, which more or less directly has a strong hold on one's interests or feelings. A man may be diligent for a time, or in seeking some favorite end, without meriting the title of industrious. Such was the case with Fox, while Burke was eminent not only for diligence, but industry; he was always at work, and always looking out for some new field of mental effort. [1913 Webster]

The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Diligence and accuracy are the only merits which an historical writer ascribe to himself. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] ||


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • diligence — [ diliʒɑ̃s ] n. f. • fin XIIe; lat. diligentia « soin, attention » I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx Soin attentif, appliqué. ♢ Dr. À la diligence de (qqn) : sur la demande, sur l initiative, à la requête de. 2 ♦ Vx ou littér. Activité empressée, dans l exécution d une …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • diligence — DILIGENCE. sub. f. (On pron. Jan dans ce mot et les suivans.) Prompte exécution. Travailler avec diligence, en diligence, en grande diligence. Aller en diligence. User de diligence. f♛/b] On dit, Faire diligence, faire grande diligence, pour dire …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • diligence — Diligence, Accuratio, Diligentia, Industria, Vigilantia. Continuelle diligence, Instantia. Grande diligence, Sedulitas. Soigneuse diligence et extreme, Studium acre. Une diligence viste et prompte, Agilis industria. Diligence qu on acquiert par… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • diligence — dil·i·gence / di lə jəns/ n: earnest and persistent application of effort esp. as required by law; also: care (1) see also due diligence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • diligence — Diligence. s. f. Prompte execution. Travailler avec diligence, en diligence, en grande diligence. aller en diligence. user de diligence. On dit, Faire diligence. faire grande diligence, pour dire, Faire une chose promptement. Travaillez à mon… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • diligence — dil‧i‧gence [ˈdɪldʒns] noun [uncountable] 1. care that someone in a position of responsibility takes with their work: • All directors must act honestly and use reasonable diligence and skill in the discharge of their duties. ˌdue ˈdiligence LAW …   Financial and business terms

  • diligence — (n.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. diligence attention, care; haste, speed, from L. diligentia attentiveness, carefulness, from diligentem (nom. diligens) attentive, assiduous, careful, originally prp. of diligere single out, value highly, esteem, prize,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Diligence — bedeutet in gehobener Sprache (abkommend) Emsigkeit, sorgfältigen Fleiß Postkutsche im Stile der französischen Monarchen. Siehe auch: Due Diligence Diese Seite ist eine Begri …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • diligence — diligence1 [dil′ə jəns] n. [ME < OFr < L diligentia < diligens, prp. of diligere, to esteem highly, select < di , apart + legere, to choose, collect: see LOGIC] 1. the quality of being diligent; constant, careful effort; perseverance… …   English World dictionary

  • Diligence — Di li*gence , n. [F.] A four wheeled public stagecoach, used in France. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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