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English
Etymology
From Middle English expedience, from Old French expedience, from Late Latin expedientia, from Latin expediens.
Pronunciation
Noun
expedience (countable and uncountable, plural expediences)
- (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.
- April 11 1690, John Sharp, sermon preached at White-Hall
- to determine concerning the expedience of actions
- Speed, haste or urgency.
1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :making hither with all due expedience
2008, Thomas Dyja, Walter White: The Dilemma of Black Identity in America, page 178:The sense of expedience that allowed White to cut deals and keep moving had made many, mistakenly, see him as shallow or, worse, unprincipled.
- Something that is expedient.
- (obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :forwarding this dear expedience
Synonyms
Translations
quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end
— see expediency
something that is expedient
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