exigency

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a pressing or urgent situation

   The health-care exigency.

2. 2
   noun

   The demands or requirements of a situation.

   My business is with you, and you only. You should not have undertaken your office, unless prepared for its various exigencies.

3. 3
   noun

   a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

4. 4
   noun

   An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.

From Middle French exigence, from Late Latin exigentia (“urgency”) (from exigēns + -ia), from exigere (“to demand”).

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