| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dil·i·gence |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d l  -jns, d  l-zhä s |
| NOUN: | A large stagecoach. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from (carrosse de) diligence, speed (coach), from Old French, diligence, dispatch, from Latin d ligentia, from dligns, dligent-, diligent. See diligent.
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