expedience

Meaning

Noun

• The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
• Speed, haste or urgency.
• Something that is expedient.
• An expedition; enterprise; adventure.

Related

Similar words

• expediency

Origin

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