Webster's English Dictionary

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contingency

Cross references:
  1. juncture              
 
con.tin.gen.cy \k*n-'tin-j*n-se-\ n 1: the quality or state of being 
   contingent  2: a contingent event or condition : as  2a: a possible or 
   unforeseen occurrence  2b: something liable to happen as an adjunct to 
   something else