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Expedient (a.) Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right.
Expedient (a.) Quick; expeditious.
Expedient (n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
Expedient (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift.