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What does expedience mean?

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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.
  2. Speed, haste or urgency.
  3. Something that is expedient.
  4. (obsolete) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.
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It has shown that it is prepared to abuse the constitution for political convenience and expedience.
Some people seem to prosper even though they adopt expedience and practice unlawfulness.
It is likely that a similar phenomenon of expedience translating into better health governs other diseases as well.
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
In the explanatory memorandum, the Commission makes a conscious decision not to follow the competition procedure on the grounds of expedience.
Elsewhere, a less than punctilious treatment of particulars may have more to do with expedience.

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