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Definitions for Exigency
[1] exigent state or character; urgency.
[2] Usually exigencies . the need, demand, or requirement intrinsic to a circumstance, condition, etc.: the exigencies of city life.
[3] a case or situation that demands prompt action or remedy; emergency: He promised help in any exigency.
[4] the state of being exigent; urgency
[5] (often plural) an urgent demand; pressing requirement
[6] an emergency
Words related to Exigency
vicissitude, contingency, requirement, dilemma, distress, juncture, want, pass, need, plight, crisis, fix, scrape, jam, crossroad, duress, hardship, emergency, pressure, necessity
Words nearby Exigency
exhort, exhortation, exhortative, exhume, exigeant, exigency, exigent, exigible, exiguous, exilarch, exile
Origin of Exigency
From the Medieval Latin word exigentia, dating back to 1575–85. See exigent, -ency
Synonyms for Exigency
contingency, vicissitude, acuteness, constraint, crisis, criticalness, crossroad, demand, dilemma, distress, duress, emergency, extremity, fix, hardship, imperativeness, jam, juncture, necessity, need, pass, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, pressure, quandary, requirement, scrape, stress, urgency, want, wont, demandingness, exigence, needfulness, pressingness, turning point, zero hour