1. (noun)diligence conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation Synonyms: industriousness, industry, application
2. (noun)diligence, industriousness, industry persevering determination to perform a task Synonyms: industriousness, diligence, manufacture, industry, application
1. diligence Industry is the quality, action, or habit of earnest, steady, and continued attention or devotion to any useful or productive work or task, manual or mental. Assiduity (L. ad, to, and sedeo, Synonyms: industry, application, diligence, labor, persistence, assiduity, effort, pains, sedulousness, attention, exertion, patience, constancy, intentness, perseverance Antonyms: changeableness, idleness, inconstancy, neglect, remissness, fickleness, inattention, indolence, negligence, sloth