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expedience

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspiː.dɪ.əns/

noun

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

  1. 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. An expedition; enterprise; adventure.

    forwarding this dear expedience

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