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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Convenience \Con*ven"ience\ (?; 106), Conveniency \Con*ven"ien*cy\, noun [L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See {Convenient}.]
1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.
Let's further think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. --Shak.
With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. --Shak.
2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation.
Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. --Cowper.
We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency. --Jer. Taylor.
3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation.
A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences. --Swift.
4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
convenience
noun
1: the state of being suitable or opportune; "chairs arranged for his own convenience"
2: the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan" [ant: {inconvenience}]
3: a toilet that is available to the public [syn: {public toilet}, {comfort station}, {public convenience}, {public lavatory}, {restroom}, {toilet facility}, {wash room}]
4: a device that is very useful for a particular job [syn: {appliance}, {contraption}, {contrivance}, {gadget}, {gizmo}, {gismo}, {widget}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
145 Moby Thesaurus words for "convenience": WC, accommodate, accommodation, adaptability, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, amenity, appliance, appropriateness, appurtenance, auspiciousness, avail, backhouse, basement, bathroom, behalf, behoof, beneficialness, benefit, can, chargedness, closet, comfort, comfort station, commodiousness, coziness, crapper, criticality, crucialness, cushioniness, decency, desirability, drive, ductility, earth closet, ease, easiness, engine, enginery, expedience, expediency, facility, favor, favorableness, feasibility, felicitousness, fitness, fittingness, fixture, flexibility, free time, freedom, friendliness, fruitfulness, goof-off time, handiness, head, homelikeness, homeliness, homeyness, hospitality, idle hours, interest, john, johnny, johnny house, latrine, lavatory, leisure, loadedness, loo, luxuriousness, machine, machinery, malleability, manageability, manageableness, maneuverability, mechanical aid, mechanical device, mechanism, meetness, motive power, motor, necessary, odd moments, opportuneness, outhouse, peace, peacefulness, percentage, pliability, pliancy, point, politicness, powder room, power plant, power source, practicality, pregnancy, privy, profit, profitability, propitiousness, propriety, prudence, repose, reposefulness, rest, rest room, restfulness, retirement, rightness, ripeness, roominess, seasonableness, seemliness, semiretirement, service, snugness, softness, spare time, suitability, throne, time, time to kill, time to spare, timeliness, toilet, toilet room, untroublesomeness, urinal, use, usefulness, utility, value, warmness, washroom, water closet, wieldableness, wieldiness, wisdom, worth, worthwhileness
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