Convenance

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. conventional propriety
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which is becoming or proper; conventional propriety.
  • n. plural The conventionalities of life.
  • n. a marriage based on considerations of family interests, such as birth, position, fortune, or the like, rather than on personal predilection.
  • Word Usage
    "Ibsen is in favor of the mariage de convenance, which suppresses, without favor, the absurdity of love-matches."