diligence [dil-i-juhns]

• n. earnest effort to reach a goal
• syn. perseverance, industrious, tireless, hard work

Word Form: diligent adj., diligently adv.

• Everyone appreciated my mother’s diligence.
• She diligently pays for her bills on time.
• A person who lacks diligence never succeeds.
• The company was saved from lawsuits because their diligent record-keeping proved otherwise.

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