Found 2 items, similar to Expedience.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: expedience expedience n 1: the quality of being suited to the end in view [syn: expediency] [ant: inexpedience, inexpedience] 2: taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others [syn: opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Expedience Expedience \Ex*pe"di*ence\, Expediency \Ex*pe"di*en*cy\,, n. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice. --Cogan. [1913 Webster] To determine concerning the expedience of action. --Sharp. [1913 Webster] Much declamation may be heard in the present day against expediency, as if it were not the proper object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled. --Whately. [1913 Webster] 2. Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Making hither with all due expedience. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Forwarding this dear expedience. --Shak. [1913 Webster]