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Sedulity

The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.

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Diligence 76% connected

The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.

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Industry 76% connected

Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness;…

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Sedulous 74% connected

Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduo…

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Sedulous 74% connected

Diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavors to effect an object; steadily industrious; assiduo…

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Active adjective · 78% connection

Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an act…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Anagoge noun · 78% connection

The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the New.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Application noun · 78% connection

The act of fixing the mind or closely applying one's self; assiduous effort; close attention; as, to injure the health by application…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Assiduate adjective · 78% connection

Unremitting; assiduous.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Assiduity noun · 78% connection

Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Assiduous adjective · 78% connection

Performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Business noun · 78% connection

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether f…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Busy adjective · 78% connection

Constantly at work; diligent; active.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Cauterization noun · 78% connection

The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Ceaseless adjective · 78% connection

uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live wi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Conceptualism noun · 78% connection

the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the ap…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Constant adjective · 78% connection

uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live wi…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Demand verb · 78% connection

A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to possess; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in gr…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Diligent adjective · 78% connection

Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Diligently adverb · 78% connection

In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with industry or assiduity.

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Drill noun · 78% connection

The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Emulation noun · 78% connection

The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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Engineering noun · 78% connection

the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: sedulous, diligent, assiduous, application, constant.
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