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devoir de diligence

French, noun/də.vwaʁ də di.li.ʒɑ̃s/

devoir de diligence is a French masculine noun meaning “duty of care (legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does devoir de diligence mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineduty of care (legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How do you pronounce devoir de diligence?

  • /də.vwaʁ də di.li.ʒɑ̃s/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.