diligent /dilˈi-jənt/

1. Steady and earnest in application
2. Industrious

dilˈigence noun

1. Steady application
2. Industriousness
3. A warrant to produce witnesses, books, etc, or a process by which persons or goods are attached (Scots law)
4. (also pronounced /dē-lē-zhãs/) a French or continental stagecoach (also dillˈy; historical)

• sluse
• slush
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• slush fund
• slush funds
• slushier
• slushiest
• slushiness
• slushing
• slush money
• slush pile
• slush piles
• slushy
• slut
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• slutteries
• sluttery
• sluttily
• sluttiness
• sluttish
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• sluttishness
• sluttishnesses
• slutty