Commitment vs Diligence - What's the difference?
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The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
# The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
# Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution
Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
# Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date
Being bound emotionally/intellectually to a course of action or to another person/other persons.
The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
State of being pledged or engaged.
The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or jail.
conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something
A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)
* 1818 , , Volume 1, Chapter V:
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(legal, Scotland) The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.
As nouns the difference between commitment and diligence
is that commitment is the act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially while diligence is conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something.commitment
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* allegiance * charge * committal * consignment * dedication * devoir * duty * engagement * guarantee * loyalty * liability * must * need * obligation * ought * pledge * promise * responsibility * undertaking * vow * wordExternal links
* *diligence
English
(wikipedia diligence)Noun
(en noun)- Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped.