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  • 61expedience — expedient ► ADJECTIVE 1) advantageous. 2) advisable on practical rather than moral grounds. ► NOUN ▪ a means of attaining an end. DERIVATIVES expedience noun expediency noun expediently adverb …

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  • 62expediency — expedient ► ADJECTIVE 1) advantageous. 2) advisable on practical rather than moral grounds. ► NOUN ▪ a means of attaining an end. DERIVATIVES expedience noun expediency noun expediently adverb …

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  • 63expediently — expedient ► ADJECTIVE 1) advantageous. 2) advisable on practical rather than moral grounds. ► NOUN ▪ a means of attaining an end. DERIVATIVES expedience noun expediency noun expediently adverb …

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  • 64expédier — [ ɛkspedje ] v. tr. <conjug. : 7> • 1360; du rad. de 1. expédient I ♦ 1 ♦ Accomplir rapidement, sans attendre. Expédier une affaire, un travail (⇒ expéditif) . Expédier les affaires courantes. 2 ♦ Faire (qqch.) rapidement et sans soin, pour …

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  • 65Mahayana — Mahāyāna Buddhism …

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  • 66Upaya — (Sanskrit: उपाय, Expedient Means ) is a term in Mahayana Buddhism which comes from the word upa√i and refers to something which goes or brings you up to something (i.e., a goal). The term is often used with kaushalya (कौशल्य, cleverness ); upaya… …

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  • 67resource — noun Etymology: French ressource, from Old French ressourse relief, resource, from resourdre to relieve, literally, to rise again, from Latin resurgere more at resurrection Date: circa 1611 1. a. a source of supply or support ; an available means …

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  • 68Yana (Buddhism) — For other uses, see Yana (disambiguation). Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal History …

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  • 69palliatif — palliatif, ive [ paljatif, iv ] adj. et n. m. • 1314; lat. médiév. palliativus 1 ♦ Méd. Qui atténue les symptômes d une maladie sans agir sur sa cause. Traitement palliatif d un cancer. Médication palliative. Centre de soins palliatifs, qui… …

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  • 70expédier — (èk spé di é), j expédiais, nous expédiions, vous expédiiez ; que j expédie, que nous expédiions, que vous expédiiez, v. a. 1°   Faire partir pour une destination. Expédier un ballot par le chemin de fer. Expédier un courrier, une estafette.… …

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