Expedience

Pronunciation

• IPA: /É›k.spiː.dɪ.É™ns/

Origin

From Old French expedience, from Late Latin expedientia, from Latin expediens.

Full definition of expedience

Noun

1. (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
• SharpTo determine concerning the expedience of action.
2. Speed, haste or urgency.
• ShakespeareMaking hither with all due expedience.
• 2008, Jeffrey J. Rowland, Wigu: Day 13: Saturday in the ParkWe must spring into action with a relentless sense of expedience and determination!''
3. Something that is expedient.
4. (obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
• ShakespeareForwarding this dear expedience.

Synonyms

• (fitness or suitableness) expediency
• (speed, haste or urgency) expediency

Related terms

• expede
• expediency
• expedient
• expedite
• expedition