exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation.

EXIGENCY definition: 1. the difficulties of a situation, especially one that causes urgent demands: 2. the difficulties…. Learn more.

EXIGENCY definition: exigent state or character; urgency. See examples of exigency used in a sentence.

Thus exigency may overturn basic familial arrangements that have long been taken for granted.

Definition of exigency noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a need or demand that you must deal with immediately synonym demand. The political exigencies facing both leaders mean …

1. A pressing or urgent situation: "We were caught in a wartime exigency that was beyond any humane, any rational, resistance" (John Kenneth Galbraith). 2. An urgent requirement; a pressing need: …

Factsheet What does the noun exigency mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun exigency. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Jan 4, 2026 · Noun exigency (countable and uncountable, plural exigencies) (chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.

This fact sheet explains when workers may use leave for certain reasons, known as qualifying exigencies, when their spouse, child, or parent is on covered active duty or under an impending call …

An emergency situation, or exigency, is urgent and demands immediate action. Our lives are filled with exigencies, both large and small, from a child stuck in a tree to lightning striking your house to …