Exigency

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  • noun. A pressing or urgent situation.
  • noun. An urgent requirement; a pressing need.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being urgent; pressing need or demand; urgency: as, the exigency of the case or of business.
  • noun. A pressing necessity; an urgent case; any case which demands prompt action, supply, or remedy: as, in the present exigency no time is to be lost.
  • noun. A state of difficulty or want; a condition of distress or need.
  • noun. Command; requirement: as, the exigency of a writ.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural.)
  • noun. An urgent situation.
  • noun. A situation requiring extreme effort or attention.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
  • noun. a pressing or urgent situation
    • Word Usage
    "'In the use of the word exigency, the full sense of its effect is perfectly understood."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crisis  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    annals  ascendency  catastrophe  commencement  complication  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    case of need  climacteric  clutch  compulsion  constraint  
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