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(1):

(n.) The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.

(2):

(n.) A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.

(3):

(n.) An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Expedition'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/expedition.html. 1828.
 
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