/ik spee"dee euhn see/ , n. , pl. expediencies .
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, expedience .
[ 1605-15; expedientia. See EXPEDIENT, -ENCY ]