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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