exigency : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exigency	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exigency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exigency n a pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency" a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency" Synonym(s): emergency, exigency, pinch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exigency \Ex"igency\, 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. [bd]The present exigency of his affairs.[b8] --Ludlow. Syn: Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.