diligence

diligence

noun

Definition of DILIGENCE

attentive and persistent effort <through the diligence and ingenuity of a single detective, the gang's ringleader was finally caught>

Synonyms assiduity, assiduousness, industriousness, industry, sedulity, sedulousness

Related Words application, attentiveness, attention, care, concentration; doggedness, perseverance, persistence, tenacity, tirelessness; bother, effort, effortfulness, pains, painstaking, trouble

Near Antonyms carelessness, negligence, slackness; idleness, indolence, laziness