1. (n.) Fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; as the expediency of a plan\; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude.

2. (n.) Expedition; haste; dispatch.

3. (n.) An expedition; enterprise; adventure.

appositeness appropriateness aptness careworn convenience dernier ressort design expedient fitness makeshift measure meetness order propitiousness propriety recourse resort rightness shift step stopgap strategy substitute suitability suitableness surrogate tactic