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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Imminence  \Im"mi*nence\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  imminence,  L.  imminentia 
  See  {Imminent}.] 
  1.  The  condition  or  quality  of  being  imminent;  a  threatening, 
  as  of  something  about  to  happen.  The  imminence  of  any 
  danger  or  distress.  --Fuller. 
 
  2.  That  which  is  imminent;  impending  evil  or  danger.  ``But 
  dare  all  imminence.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  imminence 
  n  :  the  state  of  being  imminent  and  liable  to  happen  soon  [syn: 
  {imminency},  {impendence},  {impendency},  {forthcomingness}] 




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