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Expedience

Expedience Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Expedience? [n] taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others [n] the quality of being suited to the end in view Synonyms \| Synonyms for Expedience: expediency \| opportunism \| self-interest \| self-seeking Related Terms \| Find terms related to Expedience: advantageousness \| agreeableness \| appropriateness \| auspiciousness \| beneficialness \| benevolence \| benignity \| chargedness \| class \| cogency \| convenience \| criticality \| crucialness \| desert \| excellence \| fairness \| favorableness \| felicitousness \| fineness \| first-rateness \| fitness \| fittingness \| goodliness \| goodness \| grace \| healthiness \| helpfulness \| kindness \| loadedness \| meetness \| merit \| niceness \| opportuneness \| pleasantness \| pregnancy \| profitableness \| propitiousness \| propriety \| quality \| rewardingness \| rightness \| ripeness \| seasonableness \| skillfulness \| soundness \| suitability \| superiority \| timeliness \| usefulness \| validity \| value \| virtue \| virtuousness \| wholeness \| worth See Also \| advantage \| selfishness \| vantage Expedience In Webster's Dictionary \Expe"dience\, Expediency \Expe"dien*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. Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice. --Cogan. To determine concerning the expedience of action. --Sharp. 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. 2. Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.] Making hither with all due expedience. --Shak. 3. An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [Obs.] Forwarding this dear expedience. --Shak.

Expedience Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Expedience?

[n] taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
[n] the quality of being suited to the end in view

Synonyms | Synonyms for Expedience: expediency | opportunism | self-interest | self-seeking

See Also | advantage | selfishness | vantage

Expedience In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice.
                                               --Cogan.

         To determine concerning the expedience of action.
                                               --Sharp.

         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.

2. Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.]

         Making hither with all due expedience. --Shak.

3. An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [Obs.]

         Forwarding this dear expedience.      --Shak.

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