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countable and uncountable, plural exigencies
(chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation. quotations examples
My business is with you, and you only. You should not have undertaken your office, unless prepared for its various exigencies.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], page 226
[...] but these details I am compelled by exigencies of space to hold over until next month.
1940 July, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 408
An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention. examples