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.
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Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice.
--Cogan.
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To determine concerning the expedience of action.
--Sharp.
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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.
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2. Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.]
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Making hither with all due expedience. --Shak.
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3. An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [Obs.]
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Forwarding this dear expedience. --Shak.
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