Expedience, 1) haste: “are making hither with all due e.” R2 II, 1, 287. “will with all e. charge on us,” H5 IV, 3, 70.
2) expedition, enterprise, campaign: “what our council did decree in forwarding this dear e.” H4A I, 1, 33. “I shall break the cause of our e. to the queen,” Ant. I, 2, 185.