Conveniency

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Convenience \Con*ven"ience\ (?; 106), Conveniency
  \Con*ven"ien*cy\, n. [L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See
     {Convenient}.]
     1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or
        suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.
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              Let's further think of this;
              Weigh what convenience both of time and means
              May fit us to our shape.              --Shak.
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              With all brief and plain conveniency,
              Let me have judgment.                 --Shak.
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     2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble;
        commodiousness; ease; accommodation.
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              Thus necessity invented stools,
              Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. --Cowper.
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              We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory
              than our own conveniency.             --Jer. Taylor.
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     3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or
        advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an
        accommodation.
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              A pair of spectacles and several other little
              conveniences.                         --Swift.
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     4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something
        at one's convenience.
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