About The Word Exigency
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Exigency
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What's The Definition Of Exigency?
[n] a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency"
[n] a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency" Synonyms | Synonyms for Exigency: emergency | pinch Related Terms | Find terms related to Exigency: case of need | climacteric | clutch | compulsion | constraint | contingency | convergence of events | crisis | critical juncture | critical point | crossroads | crucial period | crunch | demandingness | dire necessity | drive | emergency | exigence | extremity | high pressure | hinge | immediacy | imperative | imperativeness | importunacy | importunateness | importunity | impulse | impulsion | insistence | matter of necessity | pass | persistence | pertinaciousness | pertinacity | pinch | predicament | press | pressingness | pressure | push | rash impulse | rub | strait | stress | tension | turn | turning | turning point | urge | urgency | urgent need Exigency In Webster's Dictionary \Ex"i*gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Exigencies}. [LL. exigentia:
cf. F. exigence.]
The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing
necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate
action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. ``The
present exigency of his affairs.'' --Ludlow.
Syn: Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency;
necessity; crisis.
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