·noun A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.
II. Diligence ·noun The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention;
— the opposite of negligence.
III. Diligence ·noun Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.
IV. Diligence ·noun Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.