Associations to the word «Exigency»

Wiktionary

EXIGENCY, noun. The demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural.)
EXIGENCY, noun. An urgent situation.
EXIGENCY, noun. A situation requiring extreme effort or attention.

Dictionary definition

EXIGENCY, noun. A pressing or urgent situation; "the health-care exigency".
EXIGENCY, noun. A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; "he never knew what to do in an emergency".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope