expedience

Variant of expediency

expediency definition

ex·pedi·ency (ek spē′dē ən sē, ik-)

noun pl. expediencies -·cies

  1. the quality or state of being expedient; suitability for a given purpose; appropriateness to the conditions
  2. the doing or consideration of what is of selfish use or advantage rather than of what is right or just; self-interest
  3. an expedient
Also expedience ex·pe′di·ence

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