Meaning of Expedience | Babel Free

Definitions

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.
   uncountable
2. Speed, haste or urgency.
   countable, uncountable
3. Something that is expedient.
   countable, uncountable
4. An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

“forwarding this dear expedience”

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