/kon"veuh nahns'/ ; Fr. /kawonnveu nahonns"/ , n. , pl. convenances /-nahn'siz/ ; Fr. /-nahonns"/ .
1. suitability; expediency; propriety.
2. convenances , the social proprieties or conventionalities.
[ 1475-85; conven ( ir ) to be proper + -ance -ANCE ]