Expedience: alternatives and connections

Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantag…

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The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a p…

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superior or more favorable situation or opportunity; gain; profit; advantage.

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Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desi…

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Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desi…

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The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; ad…

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The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regard for ultimate conseque…

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Private interest; the interest or advantage of one's self.

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Seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.

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Alt. of Inexpediency

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Alt. of Inexpediency

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