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diligency

diligency noun: diligence; carefulness.

Noun

diligency (usually uncountable, plural diligencies)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete, usually) diligence; carefulness
    • A little generous prudence , a little forbearance of one another , and some grain of charity might win all these diligencies to join and unite into one general and brotherly search after truth1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC

Forms of diligency

pluraldiligencies

Origin of diligency

From Latin dīligentia.

Questions about diligency

What does diligency mean?
Diligency means diligence; carefulness.
What part of speech is diligency?
Diligency is a noun.
What is the plural of diligency?
The plural of diligency is diligencies.

Words near diligency in the dictionary

  1. Dilhorne
  2. Dili
  3. diligence
  4. diligences
  5. diligencies
  6. diligency
  7. diligent
  8. diligently
  9. diligentness
  10. Dilijan
  11. dilinoleoylphosphatidylcholine

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