exigency.

An urgent need or difficult circumstance requiring action.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• exigencies of war
• practical exigencies

On the page

The schedule changed to meet the exigencies of the emergency.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular exigency; plural exigencies. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, description. Commonness: uncommon.