1. Noun
The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
2. Noun
Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
3. Noun
Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
4. Noun
A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
5. Noun
conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
Vocabulary classified under Psychology
6. Noun
a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring serious application"
Vocabulary classified under Economics
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