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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exigency \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exigency n 1: a pressing or urgent situation: "the health-care exigency" 2: a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action "he never knew what to do in an emergency" [syn: {emergency}, {pinch}]
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