exigency

(ĕk'sə-jən-sē, ĭg-zĭj'ən-)
n., pl., -cies.

1. The state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action.
2. A pressing or urgent situation. See synonyms at crisis.
3. Urgent requirements; pressing needs. Often used in the plural.

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noun

1. The condition of being in need of immediate assistance: distress, exigence, hot water, trouble. See help/harm/harmless.
2. A condition in which something necessary or desirable is required or wanted: exigence, necessity, need. See necessary/unnecessary.
3. A decisive point: climacteric, crisis, crossroad (used in plural), exigence, head, juncture, pass, turning point, zero hour. See decide/hesitate.
4. Something asked for or needed. demand, exigence, need, want. See necessary/unnecessary, over/under.

An emergency situation which excuses some particular procedure or right from being followed or enforced. Thus, an exigency may justify speeding to the hospital with a critically ill person, breaking into someone’s home to secure shelter from life-threatening harm, or dispensing with the warrant requirement to effect a search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment. 292 S.W. 2d 650, 657. See exigent circumstances.

IN BRIEF: n. - The demands or requirements of a given situation.

It became an exigency and very important to leave when the fire broke out.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tvingende nødvendighed, nødsituation, krav

Nederlands (Dutch)
(dringende) noodzaak, behoefte

Français (French)
n. - urgence, exigence

Deutsch (German)
n. - Erfordernis, Notlage

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επιτακτική ανάγκη

Italiano (Italian)
esigenza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - urgência (f), exigência (f)

Русский (Russian)
крайняя необходимость

Español (Spanish)
n. - exigencia, urgencia, emergencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nödläge, kritisk läge

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
紧急, 苛求, 急迫

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 緊急, 苛求, 急迫

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 긴급

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 緊急, 切迫した要件

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طارئ, ضرورة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מצב חירום, צורך דוחק‬

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