Exigency
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Exigency [ek-si-juhn-see]

NOUN

NOUN

  • An urgent need or demand.

  • The need to a circumstance.

  • A situation that demands prompt action.

  • A quality of being exigent.

Example

"We worked for extra hours when the exigencies of family economy demanded it."

"He gave up in front of the city life exigencies."

Synonyms

Contingency, Vicissitude, Acuteness, Constraint, Crisis, Fix, Hardship, Imperativeness, Jam, Dilemma

Antonyms

Advantage, Benefit, Blessing, Boon, Comfort, Ease, Good, Miracle, Calm