expedience

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   fitness or practical suitability for achieving a particular end

   The law varied with local convention and expedience.

2. 2
   noun

   self-interested convenience considered without adequate regard for principle

   He defended the compromise as expedience rather than justice.

From Middle English expedience, Old French expedience, and Late Latin expedientia, from Latin expedire, "to free, make ready, or facilitate."

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