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ex⋅pe⋅di⋅en⋅cy

  [ik-spee-dee-uhn-see]
–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.
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Also, ex⋅pe⋅di⋅ence.

Origin:
1605–15; < LL expedientia. See expedient, -ency
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ex·pe·di·en·cy   (ĭk-spē'dē-ən-sē)   
n.   pl. ex·pe·di·en·cies

  1. Appropriateness to the purpose at hand; fitness.

  2. Adherence to self-serving means: an ambitious politician, guided by expediency rather than principle.

  3. A means; an expedient.

  4. Obsolete Speed; haste.

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