Expediency means doing what is convenient rather than what is morally right. This was a matter less of morals than of expediency. = convenience. ex·pe·di·ence expediencies action that is quickest or most effective in a particular situation, even if it is morally wrong
The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude
The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case
The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude