diligence

English

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Noun

diligence (plural diligences)

1. conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something
2. (religion) One of the seven contrary virtues, opposite the vice of sloth.
3. A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)
   • 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:

     Being in a civilised country of stage-coaches, I determined to sell my lady friend and be off by the diligence that afternoon.

Translations

conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something

Bulgarian: старание (bg) n., прилежание (bg) n. French: diligence (fr) f. German: Fleiß (de) m. Japanese: 精励 (せいれい, seirei)

Romanian: sârguință (ro) f. Russian: усердие (ru) n., старательность (ru) f. Spanish: esmero (es) m.

(religion) One of the seven contrary virtues, opposite the vice of sloth

Bulgarian: трудолюбие (bg) n. Japanese: 精励 (せいれい, seirei)

Russian: трудолюбие (ru) (trudoljubiye)

A public stage-coach.

Bulgarian: дилижанс (bg) m. French: diligence (fr) f. Romanian: diligență (ro) f., poștalion (ro) n.

Russian: дилижанс (ru) m.

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Czech: píle (cs) f. Dutch: toewijding (nl) f. German: Sorgfalt (de) f.

Hungarian: szorgalom (1), delizsánsz (3) Serbian: revnost, marljivost, priležnost Spanish: esmero (es) m.

Derived terms

• due diligence

Anagrams

• ceilinged

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French

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diligence

Pronunciation

• IPA: /di.li.ʒɑ̃s/

Noun

diligence f.

1. conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something (same as English above)
2. stage-coach (horse-drawn coach to transport passengers and mail)