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diligence
Meaning: careful and persistent work or effort
diligence in a sentence
How diligence is used in real sentences:
With diligence, she mastered 100 vocabulary words.
With diligence, she mastered 100 vocabulary words.
“With diligence, they practiced the same fourteen counts, checked their spacing, and tried again each afternoon.”
— from the passage Seven Beats Together
Synonyms for diligence
Other words for diligence — perseverance, assiduity and industry — carry the same meaning.
- perseverance
- assiduity
- industry
Antonyms of diligence
Words that mean the opposite of diligence:
- laziness
- negligence
- sloth
Where it comes from
From Latin diligentia 'attentiveness'
Word parts
- -ance/-ence — Turns a verb or adjective into a noun naming a state, quality, or act.
diligence: dilig (take care over) + -ence (quality)
Memory hook
Diligence DIGs through hard work.