expedience

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English expedience, from Old French expedience, from Late Latin expedientia, from Latin expediens. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛkˈspiː.dɪ.əns/ === 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. Something that is expedient. (obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure. ==== Synonyms ==== (fitness or suitableness): expediency (speed, haste or urgency): expediency ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === OED2 Noah Webster (1828), “expediency”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “expedience”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “expedience”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “expedience”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.