Webster's English Dictionary

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expediency

ex.pe.di.en.cy or ex.pe.di.ence \ik-'spe-d-e--*n-se-\ \-*n(t)s\ 
   \ik-.spe-d-e--_en-ch*l\ n obs  1: HASTE, DISPATCH  2: the quality or state 
   of being suited to the end in view  3: cultivation of or adherence to 
   expedient means and methods  4: a means of achieving a particular end : 
   EXPEDIENT  - ex.pe.di.en.tial aj