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diligence (?), n. [F. diligence, L. diligentia.] 1. The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attent
| diligence | (?), n. [F. diligence, L. diligentia.] 1.
The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
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2.
Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
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-That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence. Shak.
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3. (Scots Law)
Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
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To do one's diligence, give diligence, use diligence, to exert one's self; to make interested and earnest endeavor.
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-And each of them doth all his diligence |
| diligence | (?), n. [F.]
A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
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