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NOUN (2)

1. a pressing or urgent situation;
- Example: "the health-care exigency"

2. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action;
- Example: "he never knew what to do in an emergency"
[syn: emergency, exigency, pinch]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, exigency, pinch]