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, manufacture, industry, application

3. application, diligencenoun

   a diligent effort

   "it is a job requiring serious application"

   Synonyms:
   application, applications programme, practical application, 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. Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hoettges:

   If no significant obstacles arise in the due diligence process, it will pass quickly.

2. Thomas Fuller:

   Care and diligence bring luck.

3. Mayor Knowles:

   It hasn't been used by anyone else, which is why we are doing all of our due diligence, making sure it's properly tested, that it does not put anyone, especially our law enforcement, in any increased danger, and we'll just make a decision based on that.

4. Sherwood Neiss:

   A funding portal is not a broker-dealer and hence not compensated to do the diligence (nor have the expertise, time or resources to diligence) the underlying companies, funding portals essentially act as a matching service. The premise of crowdfunding is the crowd reviews this information and makes their own decision. Hence, portals should not be held accountable for misstatements by the issuers. Issuers need to be held accountable for those misstatements.

5. Patrick Pouyanne:

   Adani Green is still worth twice as much as we invested, Adani Gas is still worth eight times more. Our accounting is healthy, there was due diligence before and due diligence after.