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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin