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Exigency

Exigency Meaning & Definition
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"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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