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expedience

noun
/ɛkˈspiː.dɪ.əns/

Etymology

From Middle English expedience, from Old French expedience, from Late Latin expedientia, from Latin expediens.

  1. derived from expediens
  2. derived from expedientia
  3. derived from expedience
  4. inherited from expedience

Definitions

  1. The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended

    The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.

    • April 11 1690, John Sharp, sermon preached at White-Hall to determine concerning the expedience of actions

  2. Speed, haste or urgency.

    • making hither with all due expedience
    • The sense of expedience that allowed White to cut deals and keep moving had made many, mistakenly, see him as shallow or, worse, unprincipled.

  3. Something that is expedient.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An expedition

      An expedition; enterprise; adventure.

      • forwarding this dear expedience

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA