expediency

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Synonyms: expedience, experience, expedient, expediently, inexpediency, expedients, expediences

Antonyms: expedience, experience, expedient, expediently, inexpediency, expedients, expediences

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; [[suitability]] for particular [[circumstance]] or [[situation]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Pursuit of the [[course of action]] that brings the desired effect even if it is [[unjust]] or [[unprincipled]].
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Haste; [[dispatch]].
4. {{lb|en|countable}} An [[expedient]].

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