| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A decisive point: climacteric, crisis, crossroad (used in plural), exigence, head, juncture, pass, turning point, zero hour. See DECIDE. 2. Something asked for or needed. Often used in plural: demand, exigence, need, want. See NECESSARY, OVER. 3. The condition of being in need of immediate assistance: distress, exigence, hot water, trouble. See HELP. 4. A condition in which something necessary or desirable is required or wanted: exigence, necessity, need. See NECESSARY.
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