Expedience

Quick meaning: Expedience is a noun meaning Speed, haste or urgency.

Meaning

Speed, haste or urgency.

More Meanings

1. Something that is expedient.
2. (uncountable) 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.
3. (obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.

Example Sentences

forwarding this dear expedience

making hither with all due expedience

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

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

Word Forms

• expediences

Synonyms for expedience

Depending on context, synonyms include expediency, opportunism, self-seeking, self-interest.

Antonyms for expedience

Common opposites include inexpediency, inexpedience.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include expediency, opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking, convenience, appropriateness.

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