Webster's English Dictionary

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exigency

Cross references:
  1. juncture               2. need                  
 
ex.i.gen.cy also ex.i.gence \'ek-s*-j*n-se-, ig-'zij-*n-\ \'ek-s*-j*n(t)s\ 
   n 1: the quality or state of being exigent  2: such need or necessity as 
   belongs to the occasion - usu. used in pl.