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Exigency

Exigency Definition And Meaning
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 See Also \| crisis \| crisis Exigency In Webster's Dictionary \Ex"igency\, 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.

Exigency Definition And Meaning

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

See Also | crisis | crisis

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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