convenance

[kon-vuh-nahns; French kawnvuh-nahns]

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noun, plural con·ve·nanc·es [kon-vuh-nahn-siz; French kawnvuh-nahns] /ˈkɒn vəˌnɑn sɪz; French kɔ̃vəˈnɑ̃s/.

suitability; expediency; propriety.

convenances, the social proprieties or conventionalities.

Origin of convenance

1475–85; < Anglo-French, equivalent to conven(ir) to be proper + -ance -ance

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Related Words for convenance

use, proceeding, form, habit, process, system, rule, method, tradition, dignity, gentility, demeanor, civility, correctness, propriety, decency, orderliness, respectability, politeness, style

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Historical Examples of convenance

We make marriages of convenance in our country, que diable, and what follows follows; but no scandal afterwards!
The Newcomes
William Makepeace Thackeray

British Dictionary definitions for convenance

convenance

noun

suitable behaviour; propriety

Word Origin for convenance

from convenir to be suitable, from Latin convenīre; see convenient

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Word Origin and History for convenance

late 15c., from French convenance "convention, agreement, convenience," from convenant, present participle of convenir "to come together" (see convene).