Diligence

Noun

 * 1) conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something
 * 2)  One of the seven contrary virtues, opposite the vice of sloth.
 * 3) A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)

Adjectives for Diligence
characteristic; sullen; unwearied; savage; conscientious; guilty; true; extraordinary; exceeding; utmost; duteous; scrupulous; tenderest; dire; indefatigable; persevering; dusty; yellow; unsparing; tireless; unwonted.

Verbs for Diligence
admire—; apply—; dispatch with—; display—; exercise—; exert—; note—; nourish—; pay—; report—; require—; reward—; rule with—; show—; summon—; —accomplishes; —persists; —pleases.

Synonyms for Diligence
care, assiduity, attention, earnestness, keenness, alertness, quickness, heed, industry, perseverance, application, carefulness, intensity.

Antonyms for Diligence
sloth, laziness, dullness, languor, ennui, carelessness, lethargy, apathy, unconcern, indifference, neglect, indolence, slowness, inactivity.

Thesaurus
advertence, advertency, alertness, application, ardor, assiduity, assiduousness, attention, attention span, attentiveness, awareness, bookishness, bulldog tenacity, care, concentration, consciousness, consideration, constancy, dogged perseverance, doggedness, ear, earnestness, endurance, energeticalness, energy, engrossment, fervor, fidelity, heed, heedfulness, indefatigability, industriousness, industry, insistence, insistency, intentiveness, intentness, laboriousness, loyalty, mindfulness, note, notice, observance, observation, obstinacy, pains, painstaking, painstakingness, patience, patience of Job, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, plodding, plugging, preoccupation, regard, regardfulness, relentlessness, remark, resolution, respect, scholarliness, scholarship, sedulity, sedulousness, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, strenuousness, stubbornness, studiousness, tenaciousness, tenacity, thoroughgoingness, thoroughness, thought, tirelessness, unremittingness, unsparingness, unswerving attention, vehemence, zealousness

Translations

 * Bulgarian: старание, прилежание
 * Romanian: sârguință


 * Russian: усердие, старательность
 * Spanish: esmero


 * Bulgarian: трудолюбие


 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: дилижанс
 * Romanian: diligență, poștalion


 * Russian: дилижанс


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: szorgalom (1), delizsánsz (3)
 * Serbian: revnost, marljivost, priležnost
 * Spanish:

Derived terms

 * due diligence

Anagrams

 * ceilinged

Noun

 * 1) stage-coach (horse-drawn coach to transport passengers and mail)