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expedience

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ex⋅pe⋅di⋅en⋅cy

  [ik-spee-dee-uhn-see]
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–noun, plural -cies.
1. the quality of being expedient; advantageousness; advisability.
2. a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense of self-interest.
3. something expedient.
Also, ex⋅pe⋅di⋅ence.

Origin:
1605–15; < LL expedientia. See expedient, -ency
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ex·pe·di·ence   (ĭk-spē'dē-əns)   
n.  Expediency.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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