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expediencies

expediencies is the plural of expediency.

Meaning of expediency

Noun

expediency (countable and uncountable, plural expediencies)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.
    • Imperfet governments […] may palliate crimes upon the plea of necessity or expediency; divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice; […]1810, Thomas Cogan, An Ethical Treatise on the Passions and Affections of the Mind, page 137
    Synonyms:
    expedience
  2. (uncountable) Pursuit of the course of action that brings the desired effect even if it is unjust or unprincipled.
    • Utterly neglectful of what he owes to the kingdom which he hopes to regain, Charles has learned but adversity's worst lesson—expediency.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 258
    Synonyms:
    convenience
  3. (obsolete) Haste; dispatch.
    Synonyms:
    expedience
  4. (countable) An expedient.

Questions about expediencies

What is expediencies the plural of?
Expediencies is the plural of expediency.

Words near expediencies in the dictionary

  1. expediated
  2. expediates
  3. expediating
  4. expedience
  5. expediences
  6. expediencies
  7. expediency
  8. expedient
  9. expediential
  10. expedientially
  11. expedientist

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