Diligencenoun
Steady application; industry; careful work involving long-term effort.
Proactiveadjective
Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty
âWe can deal with each problem as it pops up, or we can take a proactive stance and try to prevent future problems.â;
Diligencenoun
The qualities of a hard worker, including conscientiousness, determination, and perseverance.
Proactiveadjective
descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently;
âproactive inhibitionâ; âproactive interferenceâ;
Diligencenoun
Carefulness.
âdue diligenceâ;
Proactiveadjective
(of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
Diligencenoun
A public stage-coach.
Proactiveadjective
(of a person or action) creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened
âemployers must take a proactive approach to equal payâ;
Diligencenoun
The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
Diligencenoun
The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; - the opposite of negligence.
Diligencenoun
Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
âThat which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence.â;
Diligencenoun
Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
âAnd each of them doth all his diligenceTo do unto the festé reverence.â; âThe sweat of industry would dry and die,But for the end it works to.â; âDiligence and accuracy are the only merits which an historical writer ascribe to himself.â;
Diligencenoun
A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
Diligencenoun
conscientiousness in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation
Diligencenoun
persevering determination to perform a task;
âhis diligence won him quick promotionsâ; âfrugality and industry are still regarded as virtuesâ;
Diligencenoun
a diligent effort;
âit is a job requiring serious applicationâ;
Diligence
Diligenceâcarefulness and persistent effort or workâis one of the seven heavenly virtues. It is indicative of a work ethic, the belief that work is good in itself.