Ex'pe-dī'tion, n.
(ēks'pe-dĭsh'un), n. [Lat. expeditio, Fr. expédition, Pr. expedicio, Sp. expedicion, It. espedizione, spedizione.]
Sense 1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; speed; quickness; as, to carry the mail with expedition.
With winged expedition, swift as lightning. Milton.
Sense 2. The condition of being expedited or set in motion; execution. [Rare.] “Putting it straight into expedition.” Shak.
Sense 3. A sending forth or setting forth for the execution of some object of consequence; an important enterprise, undertaking, or attempt at some distance; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such an excursion.
The expedition miserably failed. Prescott.