Synonyms of the word

diligence

• n. combination of carefulness and long-term effort (often used to refer to only one of these).
• n. carefulness, for example due diligence.
• n. long-term effort, working hard, the qualities of a hard worker, including conscientiousness, determination,…
• n. A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries…
• n. (law, Scotland) The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing…

application

• n. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense.
• n. The substance applied.
• n. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
• n. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement…
• n. (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as…
• n. A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
• n. (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request.

conscientiousness

• n. The state or characteristic of being conscientious.

determination

• n. The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
• n. Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
• n. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
• n. The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
• n. (countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
• n. (countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
• n. A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part.
• n. (countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity,…
• n. The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
• n. The addition of a distinguishing featureto a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite…
• n. The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals,…

effort

• n. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
• n. An endeavour.
• n. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
• v. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To stimulate.

exertion

• n. An expenditure of physical or mental effort.

industriousness

• n. The quality of being industrious; diligence.

industry

• n. (uncountable) The tendency to work persistently. Diligence.
• n. (countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.
• n. (uncountable, economics) Businesses that produce goods as opposed to services.
• n. (in the singular, economics) The sector of the economy consisting of large-scale enterprises.
• n. (European software patent law) Automated production of material goods.
• n. (archaeology) A typological classification of stone tools, associated with a technocomplex.

painstakingness

• n. The state or characteristic of being painstaking; the giving of careful attention to details.

purpose

• n. An object to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
• n. A result that is desired; an intention.
• n. The act of intending to do something; resolution; determination.
• n. The subject of discourse; the point at issue.
• n. The reason for which something is done, or the reason it is done in a particular way.
• n. (obsolete) Instance; example.
• v. (transitive) Have set as one's purpose; resolve to accomplish; intend; plan.
• v. (transitive) (passive) Designed for some purpose.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To have a purpose or intention; to discourse.

sweat

• n. Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature…
• n. (Britain, slang, military slang, especially WWI) A soldier (especially one who is old or experienced).
• n. (historical) The sweating sickness.
• n. Moisture issuing from any substance.
• n. A short run by a racehorse as a form of exercise.
• v. (intransitive) To emit sweat.
• v. (transitive) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To work hard.
• v. (transitive, informal) To extract money, labour, etc. from, by exaction or oppression.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To worry.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To worry about (something).
• v. (transitive) To emit, in the manner of sweat.
• v. (intransitive) To emit moisture.
• v. (intransitive, plumbing) To solder (a pipe joint) together.
• v. (transitive, slang) To stress out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To cook slowly in shallow oil without browning.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To remove a portion of (a coin), as by shaking it with others in a bag, so that…

travail

• n. (archaic) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
• n. Specifically, the labor of childbirth.
• n. (obsolete, countable) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British).
• n. (obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object.
• n. Obsolete form of travel.
• n. Alternative form of travois (“a kind of sled”).
• v. To toil.
• v. To go through the labor of childbirth.