[ noun ] the quality of being constantly diligent and attentive <noun.attribute>
Sedulity \Se*du"li*ty\, n. [L. sedulitas. See {Sedulous}.] The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.
The industrious bee, by his sedulity in summer, lives in honey all the winter. --Feltham.