Expedience

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Expediency.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
  • n. Speed, haste or urgency.
  • n. Something that is expedient.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude or principle.
  • n. Expedition; haste; dispatch.
  • n. An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Fitness; suitableness: same as expediency.
  • n. An expedition; an adventure.
  • n. Expedition; haste; despatch.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
  • n. the quality of being suited to the end in view
  • Equivalent
    expediency   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    selfishness    advantage    vantage   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    expedition    haste    dispatch    enterprise    adventure   
    Rhyme
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