Synonyms for DILIGENCE
ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəns; Fr. di liˈʒɑ̃s; -dʒən sɪz; Fr. -ˈʒɑ̃sdili·gence

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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 (Latin ad, to, and sedeo, sit), as the etymology suggests, sits down to a task until it is done. Diligence (Latin diligo, love, choose) invests more effort and exertion, with love of the work or deep interest in its accomplishment; application (Latin ad, to, and plico, fold) bends to its work and concentrates all one's powers upon it with utmost intensity; hence, application can hardly be as unremitting as assiduity. Constancy is a steady devotion of heart and principle. Patience works on in spite of annoyances; perseverance overcomes hindrances and difficulties; persistence strives relentlessly against opposition; persistence has very frequently an unfavorable meaning, implying that one persists in spite of considerations that should induce him to desist. Industry is diligence applied to some avocation, business, or profession. Labor and pains refer to the exertions of the worker and the tax upon him, while assiduity, perseverance, etc., refer to his continuance in the work.

   Synonyms:
   application, assiduity, attention, constancy, effort, exertion, industry, intentness, labor, pains, patience, perseverance, persistence, sedulousness

   Antonyms:
   changeableness, fickleness, idleness, inattention, inconstancy, indolence, neglect, negligence, remissness, sloth

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1. diligence

   Synonyms:
   care, assiduity, attention, application, heed, industry

   Antonyms:
   indifference, carelessness, neglect, inattention, heedlessness, desultoriness, inertness, idleness

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1. diligencenoun

   conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation

   Synonyms:
   industriousness, industry, application

2. diligence, industriousness, industrynoun

   persevering determination to perform a task

   "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"

   Synonyms:
   industriousness, diligence, manufacture, industry, application

3. application, diligencenoun

   a diligent effort

   "it is a job requiring serious application"

   Synonyms:
   application, applications programme, practical application, diligence, industriousness, application program, covering, industry, coating, lotion

Matched Categories

1. • Conscientiousness
   • Determination
   • Effort

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1. diligencenoun

   Synonyms:
   assiduity (in some specific pursuit), assiduousness, activity, sedulousness, perseverance, INDUSTRY, steady application (to some pursuit that one likes)

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1. diligencenoun

   Synonyms:
   assiduity, sedulousness, sedulity, perseverance, stagecoach (France)

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1. List of paraphrases for "diligence":

   stagecoach, diligent, care, zeal, pre-audit, démarche, keenness

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1. Andrew Vaughan Winterbottom:

   The due diligence industry has seen a boom in business in recent years as new and unknown bidders emerge out of China, our clients are interested in identifying a bidder's source of funds, understanding whether they have links to the government, or are affiliated with larger state-run firms that have been investigated by Chinese anti-corruption authorities.

2. Vander Plaats:

   I think If Steve King were to emerge the victor in the primary, I really hope and sincerely pray, that this was a wake up call for Steve King, it's time to move forward with diligence and leadership.

3. John Demers:

   Fundamentally, the reason why the firm was on the hook is, after the firm got an inquiry from the FARA unit, it then went to the partner who was in charge of this matter and asked about the inquiry, and based on his representations then made a series of representations to the Justice Department that were not accurate, and when you think about the lack of due diligence that went into the work that was done before the representations were made to Justice Department, and when you think about how different Justice Department is from what you would advise your clients to do... it's really remarkable.

4. Buddy Carter:

   Ward Baker's doing Ward Baker due diligence and Ward Baker is praying about it, ward Baker's a very religious person, Ward Baker. So, you know, Ward Baker'll make the right decision.

5. President Jim Clements:

   While we all had hoped this pandemic would be behind us when we arrived in August, it is clear the Delta variant has changed the dynamics and heightened our need for continued diligence to protect our students, faculty and staff.