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con⋅ve⋅nance

[kon-vuh-nahns; Fr. kawnvuh-nahns]
–noun, plural -nanc⋅es [-nahn-siz; Fr. -nahns] .
1. suitability; expediency; propriety.
2. convenances, the social proprieties or conventionalities.

Origin:
1475–85; < AF, equiv. to conven(ir) to be proper + -ance -ance
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