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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Expedience \Ex*pe"di*ence\, Expediency \Ex*pe"di*en*cy\,, n.
1. The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or
suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to
self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; --
sometimes contradistinguished from {moral rectitude} or
{principle}.
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Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice.
--Cogan.
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To determine concerning the expedience of action.
--Sharp.
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Much declamation may be heard in the present day
against expediency, as if it were not the proper
object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were
only pursued by the unprincipled. --Whately.
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2. Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.]
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Making hither with all due expedience. --Shak.
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3. An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [Obs.]
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Forwarding this dear expedience. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expedience
n 1: the quality of being suited to the end in view [syn:
{expedience}, {expediency}] [ant: {inexpedience},
{inexpediency}]
2: taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the
consequences for others [syn: {opportunism}, {self-interest},
{self-seeking}, {expedience}]
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