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The quality of being suited to the end in view
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expedience
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case. 2 Speed, haste or urgency. 3 Something that is expedient. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "advantage, benefit," from Old French expedience , from Late Latin expedientia , from expedientem (see expedient ). From "that which is expedient," the sense tends toward "utilitarian wisdom." Meaning "quality of being expedient" is from 1610s. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being suited to the end in view [syn: expediency ] [ant: inexpedience , inexpedience ] taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others [syn: opportunism , self-interest , self-seeking ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expedience \Ex*pe"di*ence\, Expediency \Ex*pe"di*en*cy\,, n. The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished ...
Usage examples of expedience.
His broadscale use of his shadow to seed terror was now his most necessary weapon of expedience.
I thought you meek and mild--a biddable girl whom I could marry and forget in a marriage of pure expedience.
So in the name of expedience, let's talk about Talador's reasons for not annexing Europe-American.
Royalty, as I have said, is excepted: but in this case everyone feels it to be an exception -- an anomaly in the modern world, in marked opposition to its customs and principles, and to be justified only by extraordinary special expediences, which, though individuals and nations differ in estimating their weight, unquestionably do in fact exist.