Imperfet governments […] may palliate crimes upon the plea of necessity or expediency; divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice; […]
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Expediency
/ɛkˈspiː.dɪ.ən.si/
Synonyms for "expediency" (52 found)
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5 entriesbureaucratic expediencyeconomic expediencymoral expediencypolitical expediencyshort term expediency
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Much declamation may be heard in the present day against “expediency”, as if it were not the proper object of a Deliberative Assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled.
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However, by that time the powerful tides of political unionism, metropolitan fashion and commercial expediency were flowing against the language, at least among the Scottish elites.
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Utterly neglectful of what he owes to the kingdom which he hopes to regain, Charles has learned but adversity's worst lesson—expediency.
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