exigency
noun
[ ˈɛksɪdʒ(ə)nsi ]
• an urgent need or demand.
• "women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it"
Similar:
need,
demand,
requirement,
want,
necessity,
essential,
requisite,
urgency,
emergency,
extremity,
crisis,
difficulty,
pressure,
Origin:
late 16th century: from late Latin exigentia, from Latin exigere ‘enforce’ (see exact).
